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Poland's fusion program concentrating on Wendelstein 7-X
Now successfully completed is the first of several cooperation projects that are to involve Poland's fusion research program in Wendelstein 7-X, the device under construction at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald. Since 2006, technicians and engineers from the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow—specializing in superconductivity technology—have put in thousands of work hours to assemble Wendelstein 7-X. Along with other projects, Poland is thereby contributing a total of EUR 6.5 million to the fusion device. In reciprocation, Polish scientists have been made partners in the Wendelstein 7-X research program.
At the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), the KSTAR tokamak recommenced operations in December after a major upgrade to replace the…
KSTAR aims for longer plasmas
At the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), the KSTAR tokamak recommenced operations in December after a major upgrade to replace the device's carbon divertor with a tungsten divertor.
According to an article on the KFE website, the original carbon divertors could take a thermal load of 5MW/m², whereas the tungsten divertor can take 10MW/m². The upgrade is critical to the goal of sustaining a 100-million-degree plasma for 300 seconds by 2026. Data from the operational campaign will be directly relevant to ITER, which will operate a tungsten divertor under similar plasma conditions in terms of shape and structure.
This testing campaign will continue through February 2024. Read more about the plans in this article in English on the KFE website, or in Korean in the Chosun Biz.