Unlocking SPARC: HTS Magnet for Commercial Fusion Applications

September 8, 2021

An animation of how the high temperature superconducting (HTS) fusion magnet built by MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)was tested. Reaching a field of 20 tesla, it is the most powerful superconducting magnet in the world and a key technology in SPARC, a compact, high-field tokamak that will produce net energy from fusion.

Topics: Magnetic fusion energy, SPARC, High field magnets, High-field pathway to fusion power, Zachary Hartwig, Dennis Whyte, Martin Greenwald, Brian LaBombard