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Russia Upgrading Training on Fusion Energy
24 November 2022
EIRNS—The 80th anniversary of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) was the occasion to present its long-term objectives. One of the most interesting events planned at the Institute for Laser and Plasma Technologies of the MEPhI for the coming years is the development and creation of a new MEPHIST-1 tokamak using superconducting technologies, technically more advanced than the MEPHIST-0 facility already available at the university.
Back in 2019, the MEPHIST-0 training and demonstration tokamak was created at MEPhI, and at the initial stage, its creation was financed not only by the university, but also by private donations from graduates of the Plasma Physics Department, and then by Rosatom. Being constantly upgraded over the past three years, the electromagnetic system of MEPHIST-0 was completely replaced. This made it possible to create a higher, more uniform and more stable magnetic field. The pre-ionization system (creation of primary plasma) was equipped with a power measurement unit, which made it possible to optimize the power of the installation. Currently on the agenda is the development of a new installation, MEPHIST-1, which will differ from its predecessor by a large number of technical changes—in particular, the possibility of using high-temperature superconductors to create an electromagnetic field, is being considered. MEPHIST-1 can become the first tokamak in Russia with high-temperature superconductors, therefore much more powerful than the old one. (https://eng.mephi.ru/news/120884 ) [kav] |
