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Start-up and Operation Scenarios of NET

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Tokamak Start-up

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The Next European Torus (NET), to follow JET after the completion of its mission on the way to developing a fusion reactor, is conceived as an experimental fusion reactor with both physics and technological objectives.

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Engelmann, F. (1986). Start-up and Operation Scenarios of NET. In: Knoepfel, H. (eds) Tokamak Start-up. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1889-8_5

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