MAST-U
MAST-U
01 Executive_Summary
World's largest operational spherical tokamak at Culham, achieved Super-X Divertor breakthrough and world-first ELM suppression.
03 Deep_Dive_Intelligence
Intelligence Summary: MAST-U
Node Identity: MAST-U is a entity categorized under "Spherical Tokamak" in the uk intelligence graph. World's largest operational spherical tokamak at Culham, achieved Super-X Divertor breakthrough and world-first ELM suppression.
Research Evidence: The following findings from 2 research documents reference this entity:
- Confidence: ESTABLISHED --- ## L2: MAST Upgrade — Super-X Divertor Breakthrough and Spherical Tokamak Leadership ### Finding: MAST Upgrade (MAST-U), located at UKAEA's Culham Campus, is the world's largest operational spherical tokamak and the UK's flagship fusion experiment.
- MAST-U completed its fifth scientific campaign, bringing together 200+ researchers from 40+ institutions to create 1,000+ plasmas.
- MAST-U is funded by DESNZ and is part of the EUROfusion European Medium-Sized Tokamak programme.
Strategic Relevance: MAST-U is a tracked entity within the uk network. With 6 documented connections to other entities, this node plays a significant role in the network topology.
Network Linkage: This entity maintains 6 documented connections in the intelligence network: MAST-U validates STEP; MAST-U located at Culham/CCFE; UKAEA operates MAST-U; Culham/CCFE hosts MAST-U; DESNZ funds MAST-U; EUROfusion includes MAST-U.
Source Documents: Evidence compiled from: FINDINGS_FROM_research-prompts-round110.md, FINDINGS_FROM_research-prompts-round72.md.
04 Network_Linkage
This entity maintains 6 documented connections in the intelligence network: MAST-U validates STEP; MAST-U located at Culham/CCFE; UKAEA operates MAST-U; Culham/CCFE hosts MAST-U; DESNZ funds MAST-U; EUROfusion includes MAST-U.
07 Key_Findings
- ▸ ### Intelligence Summary: MAST-U **Node Identity:** MAST-U is a entity categorized under "Spherical Tokamak" in the uk intelligence graph.
- ▸ World's largest operational spherical tokamak at Culham, achieved Super-X Divertor breakthrough and world-first ELM suppression.
- ▸ **Research Evidence:** The following findings from 2 research documents reference this entity: 1.
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Type: entity
Region: uk
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