Last week, the final shipment was transported from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, southeast China to France.
ITER, known as the world's largest "artificial sun", is an international nuclear synthesis experiment, located in France. This is one of the largest and most important international energy projects in the world.
China is one of the partners in the project, responsible for developing and manufacturing the entire magnet support system - an important component of ITER.
This system weighing more than 1,600 tons is one of the core structural safety components of ITER and is the first basic part to be put into the factory for installation. The quality and delivery time of the magnetic support system are related to the stability in operation and assembly progress of the entire project, according to CGTN.
Since 2018, the Southwest Institute of Physics under the National nuclear Corporation of China (NNC), headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province - the developer of the magnetic support system - has transferred more than 30 product batches to the ITER project.
The magnetic support system is primarily used to support superconducting magnetes in the electromechanical detention nuclear complex reaction - a pillar-like element of a house, says Li Pengyuan, head of the magnetic support system project for ITER.
He added that this system plays a role against all electromagnetic forces to ensure the safety of the ITER reactor.
Launched in 1985, the ITER project was built by 7 members including China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US.
According to Mr. Li, the project's construction program is currently 85% complete.
Regarding China's contribution, Mr. Li said that China participated in the super project in September 2007. China is tasked with producing most of the key components of ITER equipment, such as the Supractive magnet system, large-scale coil power supply system and diagnostic system.
According to Mr. Li, China will participate in researching and developing a number of core technologies and carry out 18 tasks in the ITER project. Thus, China's contribution to the project is 9%.
More than 100 Chinese scientists have been sent to France to participate in the project.
We are now leading the world in many fields, including superconducting magnetism, materials technology, energy technology and control, he said.
