China shows off 1,600-ton 'heart' for 646,500 billion project
China has just completed the 1,600-ton "heart" for the ITER project, which was launched in the 1980s to create clean energy like the Sun.
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•14/05/2025
China has completed the 1,600-ton “heart” for the ITER project – the most important part of the international fusion reactor , developed by the China Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP). (Photo: ITER)
ITER is a 33-country cooperation project with a total cost of 25 billion USD (646,500 billion VND), aiming to create clean energy like the Sun through nuclear fusion . (Photo: Fusion for Energy)
The Chinese-made magnetic feeding system (Coil Feeder) plays a key role: supplying energy, cooling the magnet, transmitting control signals and safely discharging energy. (Photo: ITER)
The project started in the 1980s, with the participation of the US, EU, Russia, Japan, South Korea, India and China. Europe is responsible for nearly 50% of the components. (Photo: Legal Life)
ITER is considered an "artificial sun" thanks to its ability to create stable plasma, produce clean, carbon-free energy , and is less risky than nuclear fission. (Photo: Legal Life)
ITER's goal: Operate at 500 MW (10 times the input energy) for at least 400 seconds, towards a sustainable energy source for the future. (Photo: Xinhua)
China also has its own fusion reactor, EAST, which has just set a record for maintaining plasma for 1,066 seconds (2025), far surpassing the previous mark of 403 seconds. (Photo: Asia Times)
Advantages of fusion: No greenhouse gas emissions, no long-term radioactive waste, safer than traditional fission. (Photo: ITER)
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