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 Interior of the TFTR Tokamak. Photo courtesy PPPL. TFTR was the first of the three large tokamaks (TFTR, JET and JT-60) to begin operation, on 24 December, 1982. For the next 15 years, TFTR operation performed at the frontier of fusion research. In 1996, the US fusion budget was cut by 35% forcing a restructuring of the US fusion program that resulted in the premature termination of TFTR operation on 4 April 1997. TFTR achieved all of the original project goals and made numerous contributions to fusion physics and the understanding of tokamaks. << return to Newsline #10 |
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