Physics, control and mitigation of disruptions and runaway electrons in the EUROfusion Medium Size Tokamaks science programme

EUROfusion dedicates a significant effort to disruption and runaway electron (RE) research in its Medium Size Tokamaks (MST) Task Force, which coordinates the European activities in ASDEX-Upgrade, MAST-U and TCV. The MST disruption and RE programme addresses prediction, avoidance and mitigation and is supported by simulation activities and by the contribution of other European tokamaks. This paper summarizes the main results obtained in this field within the MST Task Force since the last IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.