Tokamak
Doughnut-shaped magnetic confinement using a strong toroidal field plus a current driven through the plasma itself. The most-studied configuration, and the one ITER uses. Its main open problem is heat exhaust at the divertor, where the plasma edge concentrates power onto a small area, together with the risk of disruptions: sudden, uncontrolled losses of the plasma current.
Organisations and devices by approach: Tokamak on the technology page
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Organisations 13
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesCommonwealth Fusion SystemsEnergy SingularityFirefly FusionGeneral AtomicsITER OrganizationKorea Institute of Fusion EnergyMaritime FusionMax Planck Institute for Plasma PhysicsMIT Plasma Science and Fusion CenterNational Nuclear Center of the Republic of KazakhstanPranos FusionUK Atomic Energy Authority
Devices 54
DIII-DExperimental Advanced Superconducting TokamakT-3STTFRPLTAlcator AAlcator CASDEXC-ModNOVA-FURGTCABRSTOR-MHL-2AHL-2MJ-TEXTGOLEMCOMPASS-UEGYPTORWESTASDEX UPGRADEADITYA-USST-1ALVANDDAMAVANDIR-T1DTTFTUPLATOHYBTOK-IITOKASTAR-2JT-60SAPHIXLIBTORISTTOKFT-2TUMAN-3MT-15MDT-11MTCVTT-1HBT-EPITERJoint European TorusJT-60UKSTARSPARCTokamak Fusion Test ReactorLTX-βCFETREU-DEMOARCBESTHH70
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