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

General Atomics completes giant magnet for international fusion energy project

The giant magnet prior to the unveiling ceremony at General Atomics. (Photo by JW August/Times of San Diego) Sitting inside a building in a Poway industrial park is the result of nearly 20 years of work by General Atomics — the last piece of a massive magnet bound for France, where it will be a central component of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor. It is one piece in the challenging task of creating a clean, nearly limitless energy source …

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 world’s largest superconducting magnet for international fusion project

“This project signified a watershed moment for the U.S. and for General Atomics,” said Dr. Wayne Solomon, vice president of Magnetic Fusion Energy for the General Atomics Energy Group. “As the first private company to take on the challenge of building fusion magnets at this scale, GA is proud to be leading the way in developing the technologies needed to make fusion power a reality.” ITER brings together partners representing half the world’s po…

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.