KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research) is a Korean style superconducting tokamak facility, completed solely with Korean technology, located in National Fusion Research Institute, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon City. KSTAR is currently the largest research facility for fusion as of 2007. Its development started from 1995 and completed in 2007 having started its operation from June 2008. It will take a research work for ITER until 2015. It will be then used to develop commercial fusion facility until 2025 when ITER starts operation. The fusion research and development include ultra high temperature, superconducting, high output high frequency band, ultra-high vacuum, and super-high frequency. We expect that this will much influence on the development and growth of technology for advanced specialty materials, magnetic levitation propulsion train, satellite communications, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and satellite broadcasting.

Fusion energy does not produce greenhouse gas. It is different from thermal power generation. Compared to nuclear power plants, it produces cleaner energy because it discharges renewable wastes after 50 to 100 years. Deuterium and tritium are the raw materials for fusion energy. These are very common resources in the universe. It is a peaceful energy because there will be no complications between countries as the resources are abundant.

PLASPO has designed, manufactured and supplied blip systems which generate high voltage in the blip section by interrupting 25 kA current using IGCTs, the high speed switching devices. PLASPO is participating in this project so that KSTAR can carry out the research work for ITER until 2015.