General Atomics Begins Central Solenoid Fabrication for Int’l Fusion Energy Project
General Atomics has begun the fabrication of the central solenoid for an experimental tokamak fusion reactor as part of U.S. participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project on the potential of fusion energy. The company said Friday the ITER central solenoid is a superconducting electromagnet weighing at 1,000 tons with a stored energy capacity of 5.5 gigajoules. “The […] More