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JT-60SA Superconducting Tokamak Sustains 1,000-Second High-Confinement Plasma Equilibrium

Diagnostic arrays verify divertor heat-flux stability essential for next-generation commercial fusion pilot plants.

By Kenji Sato — Frontier Science, Fusion & Space Correspondent 2026-11-01 • 1 min read

NAKA, JAPAN — Engineers operating the joint European-Japanese JT-60SA superconducting tokamak sustained high-beta plasma confinement for one thousand continuous seconds today, establishing a pivotal operational benchmark for magnetic fusion.

Real-time neural magnet controllers modulated poloidal field coils at kilohertz frequencies, suppressing edge-localized plasma instabilities before thermal spikes could erode tungsten divertor plates.

Reactor designers noted that the open telemetry dataset directly de-risks magnet power-supply specifications for commercial pilot plants scheduled over the next decade.

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International Magnetic Confinement Diagnostic Collaborative Bulletin

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