Private magnetic confinement fusion ventures have demonstrated stable plasma operation exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius for extended duration benchmarks.
Magnet Technology Breakthroughs
The implementation of rare-earth barium copper oxide superconducting tapes allowed magnetic fields exceeding 20 Tesla in compact tokamak geometries.
Grid Integration Engineering
Engineers are now turning attention from core physics validation to thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency and tritium breeding blankets.