Assembly of Nuclear Fusion Generation Test Equipment Begins in Japan
Power Engineering reported on Japan’s efforts to produce fusion energy. Japan is beginning the assembly of equipment to achieve fusion energy at a site northeast of Tokyo. The goal is to achieve net energy generation after the facility begins operation in 2019. From the article:
Superconducting coil and vacuum vessels inside the equipment will use strong magnetic fields and electric current to contain the plasma.
Monday saw the installation of part of the base, which was transported from Spain.
Japan and European countries are investing a total of 63.5 billion yen in the experiment, under the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in France.
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