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| Interior of the French Tokamak in Cadaraches |
The CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) Cadarache research center in southern France operates the WEST (Tungsten Environment in Steady-state Tokamak), a, tokamak that set a new world record on February 12, 2025, by sustaining a 50 million-degree Celsius plasma for 1,337 seconds (over 22 minutes). - Google
The chemical symbol for Tungsten is W, which is how they cobble together the acronym.
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also known as HT-7U (Hefei Tokamak 7 Upgrade), is an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor in Hefei, China. Operated by the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science conducting its experiments for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, EAST began its operations in 2006. EAST is part of the international ITER program after China joined the initiative in 2003 and acts as a testbed for ITER technologies. On January 20, 2025, it sustained plasma for 1066 seconds.
EAST was the first tokamak to utilize superconducting coils to establish both the toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields[citation needed]. - Wikipedia
The entire complex is blurred out on Google Maps. Huh.
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| EAST vacuum vessel |
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also known as HT-7U (Hefei Tokamak 7 Upgrade), is an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor in Hefei, China. Operated by the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science conducting its experiments for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, EAST began its operations in 2006. EAST is part of the international ITER program after China joined the initiative in 2003 and acts as a testbed for ITER technologies. On January 20, 2025, it sustained plasma for 1066 seconds.
EAST was the first tokamak to utilize superconducting coils to establish both the toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields[citation needed]. - Wikipedia
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