EAST
- Country: China
- Role: Fusion
- Status: Operating
- Year: 2006
Overview
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak at Hefei, a fully superconducting device chasing long pulse records. In 2025 it sustained plasma for over 1,000 seconds, the longest pulse of any tokamak, on the path to steady state operation.
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