ASDEX Upgrade
| Axially Symmetric Divertor Experiment Upgrade | |
|---|---|
| Device type | Tokamak |
| Location | Garching, Germany |
| Affiliation | Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics |
| Technical specifications | |
| Major radius | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Minor radius | 0.5–0.8 m (1 ft 8 in – 2 ft 7 in) |
| Plasma volume | 13 m3 |
| Magnetic field | 3.1 T (31,000 G) (toroidal) |
| Heating power | 27 MW |
| Discharge duration | 10 s (pulse) |
| Plasma current | 2 MA |
| History | |
| Year(s) of operation | 1991–present |
| Preceded by | ASDEX |
ASDEX Upgrade (Axially Symmetric Divertor Experiment) is a divertor tokamak at the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching that went into operation in 1991. At present, it is Germany's second largest fusion experiment after stellarator Wendelstein 7-X.