China completes world's largest fusion magnet for artificial sun reactor, aims for 2030 power generation
indiatoday.inChina has finished building and testing a 582-tonne superconducting magnet for its nuclear fusion program, a key step toward generating electricity from an artificial sun. The magnet, built by the Institute of Plasma Physics, is larger than comparable magnets for the ITER project and uses only domestic materials. It is designed to contain plasma heated to over 100 million degrees Celsius inside a fusion reactor. The country plans to complete a test reactor by 2027 and produce the first fusion power around 2030. While the magnet milestone is significant, major hurdles remain, including sustaining net energy gain and building a full commercial reactor. If successful, fusion could provide a virtually unlimited source of zero-carbon electricity.