Over the past 20 years, advances in tokamak physics and technology have prepared the field of magnetic confinement fusion research for the next step toward a steady-state burning plasma.
Keywords: DT fusion; Steady-state burning plasma; high-temperature superconductor; magnetic confinement fusion; strong magnetic field; tokamak.
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