REPORT ON THE 4TH EUROPEAN FUSION PHYSICS WORKSHOP

The 4th EFPW was convened in December 1996 in Sollentuna near Stockhol m. It was hosted by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council and w as sponsored by the European Commission. The main theme of this meetin g was the interplay between edge and core processes in fusion devices. Radiative scenarios, confinement modes, particle exhaust efficiencies , impurity transport, operational limits and control issues have been considered in contributions from almost all European EURATOM associati ons. This was divided into three sessions: (1) Confinement Modes and E xhaust, (2) Confinement Scalings and Transport and (3) Interplay Edge- Care. A fourth session was devoted to Recent Results from JET and a fi fth one to the Status of ITER. This report provides a concise summary of the results presented and gives a survey of the critical issues dis cussed during the workshop.