DIII-D
The main purpose of DIII-D is to develop the plasma solutions and scientific basis to project them for future fusion reactors.
Quoted verbatim from the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices, not paraphrased.
- Operator
- General Atomics
- Type
- Fusion device
- Approach
- Tokamak
- Fuel
- D-D
- Country
- US
- Status
- Operating
- Ownership
- public
Measurements
1.7 m Major radius claimed
0.6 m Minor radius claimed
2 MA Plasma current claimed
2.17 T On-axis magnetic field claimed
10 s Plasma duration claimed
nominal
3.7 × 10²⁰ m⁻³·keV·s Fusion triple product (nTτ_E) claimed
measured 1997 · shot 87977
18.1 keV Ion temperature claimed
measured 1997 · shot 87977
8.5 × 10¹⁹ m⁻³ Plasma density claimed
measured 1997 · shot 87977
0.24 s Energy confinement time (τ_E) claimed
measured 1997 · shot 87977