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PPPL'S NATIONAL SPHERICAL TORUS EXPERIMENT (NSTX).

NSTX, A MAGNETIC FUSION DEVICE CONSTRUCTED BY PPPL IN COLLABORATION WITH OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB, COLUMBIA UNIV. AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WA , OBTAINED FIRST PLASMA FEB. 12, 1999. NSTX WILL BE USED TO STUDY PHYSICS PRINCIPLES OF SPHERICALLY SHAPED PLASMAS-HOT IONIZED GASES IN WHICH NUCLEAR FUSION WILL OCCUR UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE, DENSITY AND CONFINEMENT IN A MAGNETIC FIELD. SCIENTISTS FEEL THAT FUSION, THE ENERGY SOURCE OF THE SUN AND ALL STARS, CAN PROVIDE AN INEXHAUSTIBEL, SAFE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND SOURCE OF ENERGY.

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Source 114 003 003
Author U.S. Department of Energy from United States

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by U.S. Department of Energy at https://flickr.com/photos/37916456@N02/9939887676. It was reviewed on 22 November 2017 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

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