Overview

• The sixth and final module of ITER's Central Solenoid, built and tested in the United States, has been delivered to Southern France for assembly.
• The completed pulsed superconducting magnet system, weighing nearly 3,000 tons, will serve as the electromagnetic core of ITER's Tokamak reactor, confining and shaping superheated plasma.
• ITER's fusion reactor aims to achieve a tenfold energy gain, producing 500 megawatts of power from 50 megawatts of input, through a self-sustaining 'burning plasma' process.
• This milestone follows ITER's April 2025 achievement of inserting its first vacuum vessel sector module ahead of schedule, marking the start of reactor assembly.
• The international collaboration involves over 30 countries, with each contributing critical components to the project, which aims to address global energy and climate challenges.