Bon Voyage: General Atomics Set to Ship Final Piece of Giant Battery to Nuclear Fusion Project in France

Bon voyage: General Atomics set to ship final piece of giant battery to nuclear fusion project in France

The final section of what scientists and engineers say will be the largest and most powerful pulsed, superconducting magnet in the world has been completed at the Poway campus of San Diego-based General Atomics. The 270,000-pound module is poised for shipment to France where it will join six other identical sections at the ITER project — an ambitious international effort aimed at determining whether the so-far-untapped potential of nuclear fusio…

General Atomics Marks Completion of the World's Largest and Most Powerful Pulsed Superconducting Magnet for Fusion Energy

SAN DIEGO -- Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) are celebrating a landmark achievement today with the successful completion of the Central Solenoid Modules that make up the largest and most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet ever built. At nearly 60 feet tall, the Central Solenoid will power fusion reactions at ITER, an international fusion science facility now under construction in southern France. This significant milestone u…

General Atomics Completes Key Component for Fusion Development

General Atomics has completed the central solenoid modules that will make up the 60-ft tall superconducting magnet made to power fusion reactions at a fusion facility being built in France.

General Atomics magnet could help unlock limitless clean energy

The San Diego-based company General Atomics celebrated the shipment of a device it claims will make nuclear fusion possible. The world's most powerful magnet has been sent to France, where an international team is building a fusion power facility.