Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion

The Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion was founded on the 1st January of 1976. Since June, 2001 it has carried its activities under the authority of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Poland while the research program has been under surveillance and financing of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland. The IPPLM is an entity which is authorized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education to coordinate all the actions in the European Framework for the research in field of thermonuclear fusion in Poland. The Institute on the basis Association Contracted signed with EURATOM Community represented by the European Commission coordinates the works in the framework of EURATOM Program. The EURATOM-IPPLM Association headed by IPPLM consists of eleven Polish science centers which carry on their effort on development of thermonuclear fusion.