OREANDA-NEWS. December 1, 2011. The EAST Auxiliary Heating System Project started construction on November 29, which marks the update of EAST and the experimental capacity of EAST will ascend to a higher stage.

EAST is the result achieved by Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences through nearly ten years' innovation and went through national examination and acceptation in March, 2007.

The construction of auxiliary heating system can greatly enhance the performance, research level and scientific benefit of EAST.