On November 22, in Chengdu, Sichuan, the core components of the world's largest "artificial sun" made significant progress. The first wall of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) with enhanced thermal load completed the first manufacturing, and its core indicators were significantly better than the design requirements. It has the conditions for mass production.
This marks that China has made a comprehensive breakthrough in the key technology of "ITER enhanced heat load first wall" and achieved continuous leadership in this core technology.
Under the guidance of the China International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Implementation Center, CNNC Nuclear Industry Southwest Institute of Physics undertook the development of a full-scale prototype of the ITER enhanced heat load first wall. Technology Co., Ltd. worked together to overcome obstacles such as high temperature, power cuts, and epidemics, worked together to tackle key problems, solved a series of technical problems, and successfully completed the welding and assembly of components.
The Chinese team completed the first manufacturing ahead of the world, once again achieving a substantial engineering breakthrough for the research and development of key components of ITER.
(Reporter Liu Zhongjun produced Chen Xuanbin's video sourced from Southwest Institute of Physics of CNNC Nuclear Industry)
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