Fueling and defusing the sun confined in the box A breakthrough in feeder system development for ITER

摘要

@@ Anewly made breakthrough in developing the superconducting feeder system for the ITER,the international thermonuclear experimental reactor, has directed new attention to this high-profile teamwork of seven nations in the world. On 19 Dec 2008,the first full-scale prototype experimental component for this mega-science project, a high-critical-temperature superconducting (HTSC) current lead developed by the Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) under the CAS Hefei Institute of Physical Science successfully operates at 85 kA for 65 minutes and at a maximum steady current of 90 kA for 4 minutes. The maximum current establishes a new benchmark for related research in the world. This success marks "a big step" forward in implementing the ITER program, according to Dr. Pierre Bauer, responsible officer for the feeder system sub-project from the ITER organization.