Wednesday, March 26, 2014

What is a Tokamak?

A Tokamak is a toroidal shaped magnetic confinement device that accelerates plasma through a magnetic fields in order to produce fusion power. There are different methods of producing fusion power, but tokamaks are, right now, the most promising for its future. The word "tokamak" is an acronym for "toroidal chamber with magnetic coils" in Russian.

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