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SPARC Fusion Reactor on Track for 2035
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangSPARC is a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
The SPARC design with a 12.2 tesla magnetic field and 8.7 megaamps and Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency Heating (ICRF) power up to 25 MW targets a minimum fusion gain over double the input power with output power. SPARC should get over ten times the input power (Q > 10) and 140 MW of fusion. This would mean SPARC will be burning plasma at those performance levels.
The SPARC project was launched in early 2018. they have been working on the superconducting magnets that are key to making the fusion system much smaller.