CFETR CSMC

The CFETR Central Solenoid Model Coil (CFETR CSMC) represents a critical engineering and technological benchmark in the development of the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor. Positioned as a major 'white track' project within civilian and strategic fusion energy ecosystems, the CSMC is designed to validate the high-field superconducting magnet architecture necessary for magnetic confinement. The assembly of the model coil was formally completed in 2025, initiating an intensive operational validation cycle. Its first comprehensive cryogenic and electromagnetic testing occurred on December 29, 2025, followed by a second critical testing milestone conducted on September 10, 2026. This hardware program directly builds upon decades of magnetic field scaling, tracing back to foundational milestones such as the Record Magnetic Field Strength Achieved in 1962. Achieving stable confinement inside the reactor core requires mitigating extreme electromagnetic forces through advanced pulsed power infrastructure, typically integrated with specialized Capacitor Bank systems, alongside complex Computational Plasma Simulation suites that model high-stress magnetohydrodynamic environments.