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Distinguished visitors from Korea

25 Jul 2022
Participants to the (EKC) in Marseille took an afternoon off, last week, to pay a visit to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ site. The 120-person-strong group was headed by Korea's Vice-Minister of ,ÌýTae-Seog Oh, accompanied by former Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007-2016) Ban Ki Moon, now Chairman of the .
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In the absence of Eisuke Tada, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General interim, the distinguished visitors were welcomed at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Headquarters by two Domain Heads: Alain Bécoulet (Engineering, right) and Tim Luce (Science & Operation, left).
Whereas Vice-Minister Oh receives regular reports on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, former Secretary-General Ban was new to the project's progress and challenges. As Kijung Jung, the head of the Korean Domestic Agency, guided the group through site landmarks such as the Poloidal field Coil Winding Facility, the Assembly Hall, and the Tokamak pit, Ban discovered something that was familiar to him: nations working together for a common goal. The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ collaboration, which brings together 35 nations, is smaller that the United Nations, which comprises 193 Member States. "But what I sense here is a similar spirit," said the former Secretary-General.

Standing at the foot of the giant, Korean-built sector sub-assembly tools where °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ vacuum vessel sector "modules" are assembled, both men felt an intense pride for their country. "Of course there are issues, delays and unpredictable challenges," said Vice-Minister Oh. "This is inevitable with such a complex, multinational, one-of-a-kind venture."

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Senior advisor for construction Kim Keun-Kyeong (left) provides explanations to former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (centre), while Vice-Minister Tae-Seog Oh sizes up the massive Korean-made sub-assembly tools.
Korea—which passed a "" as early as 2006—is determined, in the Vice-Minister's words, "to make it happen and find ways to speed up its availability." As for Ban Ki Moon, whose most significant contribution during his tenure as the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations was the adoption of the 2015 and the , he sees in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ and fusion a key element in the global fight against climate change. "I believe in the power of science," he said at the close of the visit, asking Kijung Jung to provide him with more information, documents and illustrations for a deeper understanding of the promise of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ—this "most ambitious project" for the future of humankind.
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