FPN05-84
Rebut Wins Alfven Prize
December 20, 2005
The Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society has announced
the award of the 2006 Hannes Alfven Prize to Dr.
Paul-Henri Rebut, for "his seminal contributions to progress in magnetic
confinement fusion, including his pioneering work in plasma
theory, and his contributions to the development of various early magnetic
confinement configurations. For his innovations in
tokamak design, first with the construction of TFR, subsequently with the
design and construction of JET, which remains after 25
years the world's leading magnetic fusion device, and culminating in the
EDA Outline Design of ITER. For his vision, leadership and
technical accomplishments in planning and carrying out the first
deuterium-tritium experiment in a magnetically confined plasma,
which broke new ground in fusion physics and produced multimegawatt fusion
power in a controlled way."
The prize will be presented on the first day of the Annual Conference of
the EPS Plasma Physics Division in Rome on Monday 19th June 2006.
Rebut was also the recipient of Fusion Power Associates 1989 Leadership
Award.