India installs 82.6 GHz gyrotron on SST-1 tokamak
Scientists at the Institute for Plasma Research in Gujarat have installed and commissioned an 82.6 GHz, 400 kW gyrotron on the SST-1 steady state superconducting tokamak to heat and sustain plasma for fusion experiments. The gyrotron supplies high-frequency microwave energy and upgrades the earlier 42 GHz system, which could let researchers maintain hotter plasma for longer and study stability and confinement. Indian experiments have already reached plasma temperatures above 200 million degrees Celsius, but the device does not produce electricity; it strengthens research capability toward solving confinement challenges that must be resolved before practical fusion power is possible.
India installed an 82.6 GHz, 400 kW gyrotron on SST-1.
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India's SST-1 tokamak previously reached plasma temperatures above 200 million degrees Celsius. Researchers replaced an earlier 42 GHz heating system with an 82.6 GHz, 400 kW gyrotron to test longer plasma confinement.
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