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Future directions in fusion research: Super high-field tokamaks

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Recent experimental results and advances in magnet engineering suggest that super high-field, high-aspect ratio tokamak devices could be a very efficient way to achieve burning plasma conditions and could open up a new area of research. Copper magnet devices with fields of 13 to 25 T at the plasma are considered. The super high-field approach could also provide advantages for ETR and demonstration/commercial reactor concepts (magnetic fields at the plasma in the 8–13 T range).

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Cohn, D.R. Future directions in fusion research: Super high-field tokamaks. J Fusion Energ 6, 281–284 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01050794

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