The COMPASS tokamak ends: a new era of fusion research begins in Czechia

On Friday, August 20, 2021, the last experiment took place on the COMPASS tokamak, operated by scientists from Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS. In 12 years of operation, more than 21,000 high-temperature plasma discharges have been conducted on it.

In the context of the Czech Republic, this has been for a long time the largest scientific infrastructure, significantly contributing not only to the development of a clean energy source represented by thermonuclear reactors, but also serving as a platform for educating a new generation of scientists. In its place, a completely new tokamak will be built in the next years - the COMPASS Upgrade with world-unique parameters aimed at solving several key challenges associated with building a prototype fusion power plant.

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