KSTAR
- Country: South Korea
- Role: Fusion
- Status: Operating
- Year: 2008
Overview
The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research device at Daejeon, nicknamed the Korean artificial sun, has set records for holding 100 million degree plasma, including a 48 second run in 2024, guiding ITER and successor reactor design.
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