MIT News March 9, 2018
Commonwealth Fusion Systems will support MIT to develop the world’s most powerful large-bore superconducting electromagnets. Once the magnets are developed MIT and CFS will design and build a compact and powerful fusion experiment, called SPARC, using those magnets. The device will demonstrate key technical milestones needed to ultimately achieve a full-scale prototype of a fusion power plant that could set the world on a path to low-carbon energy. The compact device is expected to be capable of generating 100 million watts, or 100 megawatts (MW), of fusion power. Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years… read more.
Visualization of the proposed SPARC tokamak experiment. Credit: Ken Filar, PSFC research affiliate