Tokamak
A tokamak is machine producing a toroidal (doughnut-shaped) magnetic field for confining a plasma. It is one of several types of magnetic confinement devices and the leading candidate for producing fusion energy. The term tokamak is a transliteration of the Russian word Токамак which itself comes from the Russian words: "тороидальная камера в магнитных катушках" (toroidal chamber in magnetic coils). It was invented in the 1950s by Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm and Andrei Sakharov.
External links
- Plasma Science - excellent site on tokamaks.
- Fusion programs at General Atomics, including the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, an experimental tokamak.
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