General Atomics has created the world's largest magnet for the ITER fusion reactor
The dimensions of the central solenoid magnet stir the imagination: it is 17.9 meters high and 42 meters wide, and weighs about 1,000 tons. It took General Atomics (GA) more than 5 years to build it. However, that is only half of it. No less effort is required to transport it to its destination.
According to GA Design Director John Smith, the magnet is powerful enough to lift an aircraft carrier weighing 101,250 tons to a height of nearly two meters.
The dimensions of the central solenoid magnet stir the imagination: it is 17.9 meters high and 42 meters wide, and weighs about 1,000 tons. It took General Atomics (GA) more than 5 years to build it. However, that is only half of it. No less effort is required to transport it to its destination.
According to GA Design Director John Smith, the magnet is powerful enough to lift an aircraft carrier weighing 101,250 tons to a height of nearly two meters.