energy technology

China completes main complex of ‘artificial sun’ reactor

The main complex for China's Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) in Hefei, Anhui province, is finished, according to video footage released on Oct. 1. With the buildings done, the project now moves into the work of assembling the reactor…

China presents next-gen fusion reactor at IAEA conference

China presented its next-generation fusion reactor, the HL-4 tokamak, at a side event during the 70th IAEA General Conference in Vienna this week, outlining an ambitious roadmap to achieve commercial fusion energy by 2050. The device, now under construction in…

China completes world’s largest fusion magnet for ‘artificial sun’ reactor

China has completed and successfully tested the world's largest superconducting magnet, a 582-tonne toroidal-field coil designed to confine superheated plasma inside its next-generation fusion reactor. The milestone, announced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) in…

China unveils world’s largest superconducting magnet for fusion reactor

Scientists and engineers at China's Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, announced on Saturday that two key superconducting magnets for the country's "artificial sun" fusion program have passed expert review and full-parameter testing in Hefei, Anhui province.