SPARC
SPARC aims to operate with deuterium and tritium fuel and become the first fusion device that can produce a net scientific energy gain2.
Quoted verbatim from the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices, not paraphrased.
- Operator
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems
- Type
- Fusion device
- Approach
- Tokamak
- Fuel
- D-T
- Country
- US
- Status
- Under construction
- Ownership
- private
Measurements
6.2 × 10²¹ m⁻³·keV·s Fusion triple product (nTτ_E) planned
shot Projected
20 keV Ion temperature planned
shot Projected
4 × 10²⁰ m⁻³ Plasma density planned
shot Projected
0.77 s Energy confinement time (τ_E) planned
shot Projected
2 Plasma gain (Q_plasma) planned
Denominator: External heating power coupled into the plasma
1.85 m Major radius planned
0.57 m Minor radius planned
8.7 MA Plasma current planned
12.2 T On-axis magnetic field planned