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Welders for ITER Tokamak Face Daunting Component Assembly Challenges 

August 4, 2026 Editorial Staff 0

Making a custom magnetic assembly often calls for an orchestration of intricate design engineering and skillful fabrication. Perhaps that is truer nowhere than at ITER in France where engineers and technicians are wrestling with the demands of building a massive magnetic tokomak for the purpose of generating fusion energy. They are developing welding procedures for crafting first-of-a-kind components and devising strategies for welding in the confined spaces of a revolutionary creation, helping to define the techniques and standards that may shape fusion projects for decades to come.  […]

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World’s Largest Superconducting Magnet Test Facility Now Operational at ITER

June 24, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on World’s Largest Superconducting Magnet Test Facility Now Operational at ITER

The ITER Organization recently announced the start of operations at its Magnet Cold Test Facility following the successful cooldown of the first magnet coil to 4 Kelvin (K), or minus 269 °C. The facility will allow ITER to test selected superconducting magnets at their operating temperature of 4 K and up to full current before installation in the machine. […]

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New Stellarator Design Points the Way for Future Fusion Power Plants 

April 23, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on New Stellarator Design Points the Way for Future Fusion Power Plants 

Using a new approach, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald, Germany have developed a stellarator design that fulfils all the basic physics requirements for a viable fusion power plant. Inside the complex magnetic coils of a stellarator, the new design limits toroidal current in the plasma. […]

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CFS Blazes Path to Fusion Power with Powerful Magnet and $1.8 Billion Funding 

April 25, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on CFS Blazes Path to Fusion Power with Powerful Magnet and $1.8 Billion Funding 

With more than $1.8 billion in blue-ribbon investor funding and successful demonstrations of the practicality of a record-powerful magnet, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a spinoff from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is trailblazing a path toward commercializing fusion energy. It plans to reach the long-coveted destination in the early 2030s. Two big steps were accomplished recently – one involves money, the other technology using high-temperature superconducting tape. […]