The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also known as HT-7U (Hefei Tokamak 7 Upgrade), is an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor in Hefei, China. Operated by the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science conducting its experiments for the Chinese Academy of Sciences , EAST began its operations in 2006.

Jan 21, 2025 · The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), commonly known as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a remarkable scientific milestone by maintaining steady-state high-confinement ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), dubbed China's "artificial sun," maintained a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for a remarkable 1,066 seconds on Monday, setting a new world record and marking a breakthrough in the quest for …

Jan 21, 2025 · The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor maintained a steady, highly confined loop of plasma — the high-energy fourth state of matter — for 1,066 seconds ...

Jan 23, 2025 · A fusion tokamak in China has smashed its previous fusion record of maintaining a steady-state plasma. This week, scientists working on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) announced that they had produced a steady-state high-confinement plasma for 1066 seconds, breaking EAST’s previous 2023 record of 403 seconds.

Nov 1, 2021 · The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) was proposed in 1996 by the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), and was approved as a major national science and engineering project by the central government in 1998.

EAST device has three distinct features: non-circular cross-section, fully superconducting magnets and fully actively water cooled plasma facing components (PFCs) which will be beneficial to explore the advanced steady-state plasma operation modes.

Apr 11, 2023 · Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) was built to demonstrate high-power, long-pulse operations under fusion-relevant conditions, with major radius R = 1.9 m, minor radius a = 0.5 m, and design pulse length up to 1000s.

Jan 1, 2016 · Experimental advanced superconducting tokamaks (EAST) is the first fully superconducting–shaped, diverted tokamak in operation with some unique features, which could address some of the critical issues of ITER and future fusion reactors.

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), as shown in Figure 1, in the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) made an important advance by achieving a stable 1056 seconds steady-state high-temperature plasma operation, setting a record long-pulse operation on the night of December 30,2021, as shown ...