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