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Poloidal divertor experiment

APR 01, 1976

DOI: 10.1063/1.3023417

Floyd C. Bennett

Construction has begun on the Poloidal Divertor Experiment at Princeton University’s Plasma Physics Laboratory. The $18‐million device, expected to begin operation by December 1977, will be used to test the effectiveness of poloidal field divertors and magnetic limiters to control impurities in tokamaks.

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Volume 29, Number 4

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