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A method of driving plasma current in a tokamak that does not depend on transformer action (e.g. by using Radio Frequency waves or neutral beams). Current drive is necessary for a continuously operated power plant, since transformer action is cyclic. Also being applied to control instabilities and to optimise confinement. See fast wave current drive, Ion Cyclotron Current Drive, Lower Hybrid Current Drive.