Derek Robinson (physicist) British Scientist
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| First Name |
Derek
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| Last Name |
Robinson
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| Birthday |
27th May, 1941
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| Died |
2nd December, 2002
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Scientist, Scientist
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Derek Charles Robinson FRS (27 May 1941 – 2 December 2002) was a physicist who worked in the UK fusion power program for most of his professional career. Studying turbulence in the UK's ZETA reactor, he helped develop the reversed field pinch concept, an area of study to this day. He is best known for his role in taking a critical measurement on the T-3 device in the USSR in 1969 that established the tokamak as the primary magnetic fusion energy device to this day. He was also instrumental in the development of the spherical tokamak design though the construction of the START device, and its follow-on, MAST. Robinson was in charge of portions of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's fusion program from 1979 until he took over the entire program in 1996 before his death in 2002.
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