1. Introduction
The demand for powerful non-polluting energy sources pushes towards absolutely new options. Plasma Physics has been promoting an excellent candidate for a clean and powerful source, the same one that maintains the stars. Although we still need to make huge efforts to overcome a number of technological difficulties and also make it economically viable, the Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion (CTF) has been proven to be scientifically feasible and its research community has achieved significant progresses, in particular over the last two decades.