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The Plasma Stability and Control Topic Group (MHD) is charged with promoting and co-ordinating research developments in Europe under EFDA in the area of control, mitigation and avoidance of plasma instabilities, and understanding of the consequences of a significant fast particle population for the plasma stability, in particular by performing the following activities:

• generating a consensus of the EU fusion community in the field of MHD in support of ITER physics, in preparation for ITER operation (e.g. scenario development) and in view of DEMO;

• supporting the EFDA leader in the elaboration of a long term programme on MHD and of the annual Work Programme;

• ensuring ITER needs are taken into account;

• promoting the execution of experiments on the EU devices in support of this programme;

• identifying when EU expertise needs to be concentrated on the resolution of specific issues;

• promoting collaborations between fusion Associations to ensure that the relevant expertise is made available, promoting the participation of new member states and broadening the involvement of universities;

• providing advice and expertise on the development, benchmarking and validation of relevant modelling codes in liaison with the EU Integrated Tokamak Modelling TF;

• maintenance of an EU expert knowledge base in the relevant physics and technology;

• providing advice to EFDA on specific MHD matters when required by the EFDA Leadership;

• providing support to the EFDA Leader in the development of activities for potential ITER application;

• providing advice to the EFDA leader on training needs.