Research
The world's milestones for fusion research
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1950~60s Fusion theory establishment and basic science research
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1951
Dr. Sakharov (Russia) invented the “Tokamak”
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1970~80s Construction and operation of large-scale fusion devices for scientific demonstration
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1977
EU began JET construction
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1979
The first Korean tokamak device, SNUT-79 was developed
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1990s Scientific demonstration of fusion through large tokamaks
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1994
TFTR (USA) achieved 10MW fusion energy
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1997
JET (EU) produced the world’s largest fusion energy (16MW)
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1998
JT-60U (Japan) surpassed the energy breakeven point (Q=1) by the Q value of 1.25
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2000s International co-operation on ITER begins
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2006
ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Joint Implementation Agreement was signed
EAST (China) was completed and started operation
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2007
KSTAR (Korea) was completed and started operation
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2008
First plasma of the KSTAR (Korea)
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2010s ITER construction
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2010
ITER Construction Begins
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2015
W7-X (Germany) was completed
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2020
JT-60SA (Japan) construction was completed
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2020s ITER completion and operation
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2025
ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) completion
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2030~50s DEMO construction and fusion energy commercialization
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2038
DEMO (Fusion demonstration reactor) construction will start
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Cooperative Institutes with fusion devices
![세계 핵융합 연구장치 현황에 대한 초전도 토카막, 상전도 토카막, 스텔러레이터에 대한 내용입니다. 상전도 토카막 (ASDEX-U 독일 1991, MAST영국 1999, JET 영국 1983, T-10 러시아 1977, HL-2A 중국 2002, DIII-D 미국 1986, NSTX-U 미국 2015), 초전도 토카막 (WEST 프랑스 2016, ITER 국제 2020년대, SST-1 인도 2013, EAST 중국 2006, KSTAR 한국 2008, JT-60SA 일본 2018), 스텔러레이터 (W7-X 독일 2015, LHD 일본 1998)](/eng/images/sub/a10201030000_16.jpg)
ASDEX-U Germany 1991
![ASDEX-U Germany 1991](/kor/images/sub/equipment_1.jpg)
W7-X Germany 2015
![W7-X Germany 2015](/kor/images/sub/equipment_2.jpg)
JET United Kingdom 1983
![JET United Kingdom 1983](/kor/images/sub/equipment_3.jpg)
MAST United Kingdom 1999
![MAST United Kingdom 1999](/kor/images/sub/equipment_4.jpg)
MAST-U United Kingdom 2020
![MAST-U United Kingdom 2020](/kor/images/sub/equipment_5.jpg)
WEST France 2016
![WEST France 2016](/kor/images/sub/equipment_6.jpg)
ITER International 2025
![ITER International 2025](/kor/images/sub/equipment_7.jpg)
SST-1 India 2013
![SST-1 India 2013](/kor/images/sub/equipment_8.jpg)
T-10 Russia 1975 (T-15MD under construction
![T-10 Russia 1975 (T-15MD under construction](/kor/images/sub/equipment_9.jpg)
KSTAR Korea 2008
![KSTAR Korea 2008](/kor/images/sub/equipment_10.jpg)
JT-60SA Japan 2018
![JT-60SA Japan 2018](/kor/images/sub/equipment_11.jpg)
LHD Japan 1998
![LHD Japan 1998](/kor/images/sub/equipment_12.jpg)
EAST China 2006
![EAST China 2006](/kor/images/sub/equipment_13.jpg)
HL-2A China 2002
![HL-2A China 2002](/kor/images/sub/equipment_14.jpg)
HL-2M China 2019
![HL-2M China 2019](/kor/images/sub/equipment_15.jpg)
NSTX United States of America 1999
![NSTX United States of America 1999](/kor/images/sub/equipment_16.jpg)
NSTX-U United States of America 2015
![NSTX-U United States of America 2015](/kor/images/sub/equipment_16.jpg)
DIII-D United States of America 1986
![DIII-D United States of America 1986](/kor/images/sub/equipment_17.jpg)
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