David Pace, PhD, MBA

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At DIII-D we inject microwaves (< 200 GHz) to heat and drive current in our fusion plasmas. We’ve unboxed our newest 1 MW microwave unit, a gyrotron named Zapdos, and are excited to bring it online. This unit will extend our plasma parameter range deeper into reactor territory.

The RF team at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility stands next to a just opened crate featuring a MW-class gyrotron manufactured by Kyoto Fusioneering. This gyrotron will be used for heating and current drive in fusion energy experiments.

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