ST40
The main purpose of ST-40 is to prove the feasibility of commercial fusion energy with compact spherical tokamaks.
Quoted verbatim from the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices, not paraphrased.
- Operator
- Tokamak Energy
- Type
- Fusion device
- Approach
- Tokamak
- Country
- GB
- Status
- Operating
- Ownership
- private
Measurements
6.3 × 10¹⁸ m⁻³·keV·s Fusion triple product (nTτ_E) claimed
measured 2022 · shot 10009
9.6 keV Ion temperature claimed
measured 2022 · shot 10009
5.5 × 10¹⁹ m⁻³ Plasma density claimed
measured 2022 · shot 10009
0.012 s Energy confinement time (τ_E) claimed
measured 2022 · shot 10009
0.5 m Major radius claimed
0.3 m Minor radius claimed
2 MA Plasma current claimed
3 T On-axis magnetic field claimed
1 s Plasma duration claimed
nominal