KSTAR
The main objectives of KSTAR research programme are to research and develop on steady- state superconducting tokamak physics and establishing a scientific and technological base for commercial fusion power plants.
Quoted verbatim from the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices, not paraphrased.
- Operator
- Korea Institute of Fusion Energy
- Type
- Fusion device
- Approach
- Tokamak
- Fuel
- D-D
- Country
- KR
- Status
- Operating
- Ownership
- public
Progression
Superseded results are kept rather than overwritten. A later figure that is lower than an earlier one is normal physics, and hiding it would be a form of falsification.
- 48 s 2024-02
- 102 s 2026-06
- 300 s
Measurements
8.6 keV Ion temperature claimed
measured 2024-03 · sustained
48 s Plasma duration superseded
measured 2024-02 · sustained
1.8 m Major radius claimed
0.5 m Minor radius claimed
2 MA Plasma current claimed
3.5 T On-axis magnetic field claimed
300 s Plasma duration claimed
nominal
102 s Plasma duration claimed
measured 2026-06 · sustained
9.6 × 10¹⁸ m⁻³·keV·s Fusion triple product (nTτ_E) claimed
measured 2014 · shot 7081
2 keV Ion temperature claimed
measured 2014 · shot 7081
0.1 s Energy confinement time (τ_E) claimed
measured 2014 · shot 7081