EyesOnSci | China's Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak completes the installation of its base in Hefei

HEFEI, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) completed the installation of its base, the first key component of the device's main unit, in Hefei on Wednesday.

East China's Anhui Province is actively constructing the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) in its capital Hefei, which is expected to demonstrate fusion electricity generation for the first time in history.

The massive facility, an upgraded version of the record-breaking Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak currently operational at a research institute in the city, is expected to be completed by 2027.