Tokamak
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A tokamak is a machine which uses a powerful magnetic field generated by external magnets to confine plasma in the shape of an axially symmetrical torus. The tokamak is the leading candidate of magnet
A USSR stamp, 1987: Tokamak thermonuclear system
Ronald Richter (left) with Juan Domingo Perón (right). Richter's claims sparked off fusion research around the world.
Red plasma in EAST, with visible light radiation dominated by the hydrogen alpha line emitting 656 nm light.
Khrushchev (roughly centred, bald), Kurchatov (to the right, bearded), and Bulganin (to the right, white-haired) visited Harwell on 26 April 1956. Cockcroft stands across from them (in glasses), while a presenter points to mockups of various materials being tested in the newly opened DIDO reactor.
JT-60
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JT-60 is a large research tokamak, the flagship of the Japanese National Institute for Quantum Science and Technology's fusion energy directorate. As of 2023 the device is known as JT-60SA and is the
Tokamak
…Joint European Torus, UK, a record-setting tokamak JT-60SA, Japan, the largest operational tokamak A tokamak (; Russian: токамáк) is a machine which uses a powerful magnetic field generated by external magnets…
JT-60SA under construction in 2016.