Magnets

Magnets

Ten thousand tonnes of superconducting magnets will produce the magnetic fields to initiate, confine, shape and control the ITER plasma.

PACKING A PUNCH
51 GJ
Stored magnetic energy
COLDER THAN PLUTO
4 K
Magnet temperature (-269 °C)
2X AROUND THE GLOBE
100,000 km
Nb3Sn superconducting strand