MIT announced that it has collaborated with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build a compact Tokamak experimental fusion reactor. The ultimate goal of the project is to develop a 200 megawatt fusion power plant. CFS is a new company that is independent from MIT and has received 50 million dollars from Italian energy company ENI. Dollar investment, it will continue to look for other investors.
In the next three years, CFS will fund over 30 million U.S. dollars for the development of the world's strongest superconducting magnet. The superconducting magnet is a key component of the Tokamak device. Utilizing recently commercialized superconducting materials, the magnetic field strength of the new superconducting magnet Four times the magnetic field used by other fusion reactors.
The research team plans to develop a fusion reactor prototype in the next decade. By 2033, a 200 MW experimental fusion power plant will be built.
