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Disruption avoidance or mitigation is an important topic for [[ITER]].
Disruption avoidance or mitigation is an important topic for [[ITER]].
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/39/12/303 ITER Physics Expert Group on Disruptions, Plasma Control, and MHD, ''ITER Physics Basis Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions'', Nucl. Fusion '''39 ''' (1999) 2251-2389]</ref>


Due to the fact that in stellarators, confinement does not depend on the plasma current, disruptions are less severe or inexistent in such machines, which is a significant advantage for the design of a future reactor.
Due to the fact that in stellarators, confinement does not depend on the plasma current, disruptions are less severe or inexistent in such machines, which is a significant advantage for the design of a future reactor.

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