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A. Kitsunezaki, M. Shimizu, H. Ninomiya, M. Kuriyama, JT-60 Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 42 | Number 2 | September-November 2002 | Pages 179-184
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A226
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JT-60 has been operating for more than 16 years, since its first plasma in 1985, and has produced a number of research results at the forefront of world tokamak fusion research. As the first paper of this special issue containing papers on all aspects of JT-60, this paper summarizes the history, the major research objectives and general description on the JT-60 machine.