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KSTAR has successfully achieved its First Plasma Target

Submitted by admin on 30 July 2009 - 12:07pm

23 July 2008
The KSTAR, a fully superconducting tokamak device with advanced Nb3Sn superconducting technology, has come a long way with all critical aspects resolved and successfully tested after "assembly completion" milestone in September 14, 2007. After full commissioning process started in February of this year, the National Fusion Research Institute officially announced that the KSTAR has successfully achieved the First Plasma on July 15, 2008.

 

 

Read more in Dutch
Original press release: fire.pppl.gov/KSTAR_First_Plasma_071508.pdf
Pictures first plasma: fire.pppl.gov/KSTAR_First_Plasma_Photos.png

 

Website KSTAR (NFRI): www.knfp.net/english/
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSTAR

 

Website EAST: www.ipp.ac.cn/ENGLISH/research/EASTintroduction.htm
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAST

Website ITER: www.iter.org