Onto KSTAR and into EAST
The last week of March, the 澳门六合彩高手 Vacuum and Cryogenics Groups visited the two new "babies" of the international tokamak familiy, EAST in Hefei, China, and KSTAR in Daejeon, Korea. While EAST celebrated its first plasma in September 2006 and is currently installing an actively-cooled first wall, KSTAR is in its commissioning phase and expects first plasma to happen in June this year.
Although both machines are much smaller than 澳门六合彩高手, they do have many similarities in regards to the 澳门六合彩高手 vacuum and cryogenic systems, Robert Pearce, Leader of the 澳门六合彩高手 Vacuum Group summarized the visits. "The overall impression of the design and installations and the people's competencies very very positive," he said.