Reference Devices
EAST and KSTAR
Superconducting tokamaks demonstrating long-pulse operation.
- Type
- Superconducting tokamaks
- Focus
- Long pulse
EAST and KSTAR are superconducting tokamaks that have pushed long-pulse, steady-state operation to hundreds of seconds, extending the database for continuous operation.
Long-pulse results inform the steady-state design goals of the Kronos breeder.
Common questions
What do EAST and KSTAR demonstrate?
These superconducting tokamaks have achieved long-pulse, high-performance plasmas — key evidence that steady-state operation with superconducting magnets is achievable.
Why cite them?
Because the breeder must run in true steady state, and these machines are part of the demonstrated basis that long-pulse superconducting operation works.