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HL-2M

托卡马克 device in CHINA; data sourced from IAEA 2022 survey.

HL-2M is a fusion device or design surveyed by the IAEA in 2022. HL-2M is located at Southwestern Institute of Physics, China. It is a new machine with the highest plasma performance in China. The first plasma was achieved in 2020.

Purpose

The key areas of the HL-2M research are high performance and high beta scenarios compatible with flexible advanced divertor configurations, tests and validation of high heat flux plasma- facing components, as well as investigation of advanced plasma physics with high performance.

Technical data

  • Device type: Conventional Tokamak
  • Status (2022): Operating
  • Ownership: Public
  • Major radius: 1.78 m
  • Minor radius: 0.65 m
  • Plasma current: 3 MA
  • Toroidal field: 3T
  • Pulse length: 10 s

Reference

国际原子能机构(IAEA),《World Survey of Fusion Devices 2022》,第 26 页(报告印刷页码)