The Prime Minister praises the launch of the tokamak as proof of Russia’s high level of technology – Science & Space

MOSCOW, May 18. / TASS /. The launch of the T-15MD tokamak on Tuesday at the Kurchatov Institute is evidence of Russia’s high technological development, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with scientists during his visit to the institute.

“Today we are participants in a milestone and major event in the world of science. We have started a major project, Tokamak T-15MD. This is an indicator of the high technological level of our country,” emphasized the Prime Minister.

Russia has held leading positions in this field time and time again, Mishustin said, adding that great scientists in nuclear physics began collaborative work about 80 years ago.

“Thanks to this intellectual power established at the time, our country was the first country in the world to build a nuclear power plant and is still the only state that operates a nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet,” said Mishustin.

The event was planned for the current year of science and technology.

Tokamak installation

The tokamak stands for “a ring chamber with magnetic coils”. The abbreviation has finally become an international term.

The T-15 tokamak facility is designed to generate and study plasma with thermonuclear parameters and solve some engineering tasks directly related to the creation of the thermonuclear reactor.

Tokamak T-15MD is a modified version of the T-15 reactor that had been in operation at the Kurchatov Institute since the late 1980s. This is the first new thermonuclear facility built in Russia in the last 20 years. Due to its technical parameters, it has no rivals in the world. As a unique feature, it combines high performance with a compact size.

Kurchatov Institute

The National Research Center of the Kurchatov Institute is one of the leading research institutions in Russia and the world. With its establishment, Russia has established a unique interdisciplinary scientific and technical connection that includes the Kurchatov-specialized Synchrotron Radiation Source (KISI-Kurchatov), ​​the U-70 accelerator, the IR-8 and VVR-M neutron research reactors, the PIK- High-flux research reactor, T-10 and T-15 tokamak nuclear facilities, plasma and other units.

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