Major installation of the artificial sun fusion reactor of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) organization started on July 28 in France.
Also known as a controllable nuclear fusion facility, the artificial sun project is a longed-for goal of global nuclear fusion researchers.
It is an international major scientific engineering program with tremendous scale and international impact. China joined the program in 2006.
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has been a part of the ITER project and a main force in development of China's nuclear technology and nuclear power.
Its long-term research and development of nuclear fusion energy source has promoted the country's development in the field and improved China's competitiveness in the international nuclear fusion industry.
The nuclear fusion reactor under construction as seen through an ultra-wide lens [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A view of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in France [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A view of the dewar base hoisted by CNNC [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The Joint European Torus – a tokamak plasma-containment device at Culham, Oxfordshire used for research on energy production by nuclear fusion – is an indispensable testing ground for operation of the ITER, the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A crane hoists the base of the cryostat into the Tokamak reactor core. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A view of the vacuum vessel showing the empty circle room where the plasmas are captured [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A panorama of the ITER [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
