Heliotron J is a fusion research device in
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
, specifically a helical-axis heliotron designed to study plasma confinement in this type of device.
It is located at the Institute of Advanced Energy of
Kyoto University
, or , is a National university, national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan.
The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen gra ...
.
References
Stellarators
Nuclear technology in Japan
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