ASDEX Upgrade

ASDEX Upgrade
Axially Symmetric Divertor Experiment Upgrade
Device typeTokamak
LocationGarching, Germany
AffiliationMax Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Technical specifications
Major radius1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Minor radius0.5–0.8 m (1 ft 8 in – 2 ft 7 in)
Plasma volume13 m3
Magnetic field3.1 T (31,000 G) (toroidal)
Heating power27 MW
Discharge duration10 s (pulse)
Plasma currentMA
History
Year(s) of operation1991–present
Preceded byASDEX
ASDEX Upgrade model
Physicist Alexander Bradshaw photographed by Oliver Mark in the ASDEX Upgrade, Garching 2006

ASDEX Upgrade (Axially Symmetric Divertor Experiment) is a divertor tokamak at the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching that went into operation in 1991. At present, it is Germany's second largest fusion experiment after stellarator Wendelstein 7-X.