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Title Man-made sun : Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor / Baonian Wan, editor
Published Singapore : Springer, 2021

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Description 1 online resource
Series China's big science facilities, 2662-7698
China's big science facilities
Contents Chapter 1. The Conquest of the Energy Kingdom -- Chapter 2. All about the nuclear station quo -- Chapter 3. The legend of "Man-made Sun" -- Chapter 4. How to create "Man-made Sun"? -- Chapter 5. The past and present of Tokamak -- Chapter 6. The road of China to "Man-made Sun" -- Chapter 7. How cool is "Man-made Sun"? -- "Man-made Sun" is not just a dream -- Chapter 8. Memorabilia
Summary This book introduces the research process and principles of the controlled super-coupling nuclear fusion experiment at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor in Hefei, China. It uses straightforward language to explain how nuclear fusion can provide safe, environmentally friendly, clean, and inexhaustible energy in future. EAST is the worlds first fully superconducting, non-circular cross-section tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device, independently developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This book helps demonstrate Chinas cutting-edge scientific and technological advances to the rest of the world, helps spread the scientific spirit to people around the globe, and promotes prosperity and development. The book is intended for all non-experts who would like to learn more about nuclear energy and related technologies
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 23, 2021)
Subject Fusion reactors.
Tokamaks -- China
Nuclear fusion.
Nuclear Fusion
Fusion reactors
Nuclear fusion
Tokamaks
China
Form Electronic book
Author Wan, Baonian, editor
ISBN 9789811638879
981163887X