Engineers at private fusion ventures have achieved magnetic field strengths exceeding 20 Tesla using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape. The milestone drastically reduces the required physical footprint of tokamak reactors.
Scaling Thermal Management for Grid Integration
While magnetic confinement efficiency improves, thermal extraction systems remain the primary engineering hurdle. Pilot facilities scheduled for late-decade commissioning are focusing on liquid-metal coolant loops capable of handling intense neutron fluxes.