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TOKOMAK [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A device for confining a plasma within a toroidal chamber, which produces plasma temperatures, densities, and confinement times greater than that of any other such device; confinement is effected by a very strong externally applied toroidal field, plus a weaker poloidal field produced by a toroidally directed plasma current, and this current causes ohmic heating of the plasma.

OBS

tokamak: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • tokomak

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Appareil conçu pour le confinement d’un plasma à l’intérieur d’une chambre torique en utilisant la combinaison de deux champs magnétiques : un champ magnétique toroïdal principal, créé par des bobines entourant la chambre torique, et un champ magnétique poloïdal secondaire, créé par un courant électrique intense parcourant l’anneau de plasma

OBS

tokamak : terme et définition normalisés par l’ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Thermonuclear fusion
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

The INTOR study was started under the auspices of the IAEA, at the end of 1978, as a collective effort by Europe, Japan, the US and the Soviet Union, to define an international Next Step project.

OBS

The IEAE convened the INTOR (International Tokamak Reactor) workshop to assess the existing database and the required research and development for construction of the most advanced tokamak in the early 1990s as an international project. Representatives from Euratom, Japan, USSR and USA took part in this study, supported by 100 specialists from these four participating groups.

Key term(s)
  • International Tokomak Reactor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Fusion thermonucléaire
  • Physique atomique
CONT

[La réflectométrie] a un potentiel certain pour être l’un des diagnostics d’ITER, le futur tokamak international.

Key term(s)
  • réacteur tokomak
  • tokomak international

Spanish

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