BEST

also Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak

BEST (Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak) is a compact high-field superconducting tokamak under construction in Hefei, developed by ASIPP to run deuterium–tritium experiments. Construction began in 2023; first plasma is targeted for late 2027.

Operator

Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Type

Fusion device

Approach

Tokamak

Fuel

D-T

Country

CN

Status

Under construction