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Description: The ORMAK (Oak Ridge tokaMAK) an experimental fusion tokamak. It was ORNL's first tokamak in the laboratory’s pursuit of fusion energy. It began operations in 1971. ORMAK eventually achieved a plasma temperature of 20 million degrees, approaching record temperatures that are needed for self-sustaining fusion reactions.
Title: ORMAK (46436229152)
Credit: ORNL History
Author: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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