University of Tsukuba, Plasma Research Center - Mirror Machine: Creating a sun on the Earth

In the University of Tsukuba’s Plasma Research Center (PRC), researchers are using the world’s largest tandem mirror device GAMMA 10/PDX to study plasma physics and fusion science – with the aim of the realizing a future fusion reactor. Since the inception of the Plasma Research Center in 1979, this research focus has expanded. With initial focus on achieving a high ion temperature, the strategy changed to the study of plasma transport and boundary plasma control. DEMO (DEMOnstration Power Station) is a