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University of Science and Technology of China

🇨🇳 Hefei, CN · Active

Also known as UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA

The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a public university owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It was founded in Beijing in September 1958 and moved to Hefei in 1970. It hosts the Academy's Key Laboratory of Basic Plasma Physics, and the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices lists it as the operator of KTX, a reversed-field pinch: a ring-shaped device in which the magnetic field reverses direction near the edge of the plasma.

Sector
Fusion
Role
University, Operator

It is the operator of record for KTX (operating).