SCR-1

SCR-1
Type Stellarator
Operation date 2016–
Major radius 460.33 mm
Minor Radius 42.2 mm
Magnetic field 0.0878 T
Location Cartago, Costa Rica

The Stellarator of Costa Rica 1, or SCR-1, is a small modular stellarator for magnetic confinement of plasma developed by the Plasma Physics Group of the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, PlasmaTEC. The SCR-1 is based on the small Spanish stellarator UST-1. SCR-1 is of a compact design and has the distinction of having the smallest aspect ratio of any operating stellarator device.

Operation of SCR-1 began on 29 June 2016.

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