NSTX-U magnet bundle is delivered to PPPL and prepared for installation

June 18, 2026, 7:29AMNuclear News
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's NSTX-U. (Photo: Michael Livingston/PPPL)

The central magnet bundle for the National Spherical Torus Experiment–Upgrade (NSTX-U) at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has been delivered to the facility in New Jersey, the national lab recently reported. The school bus–sized, 23,000-pound magnet bundle, manufactured at Elytt Energy in Bilbao, Spain, consists of a toroidal field magnet system and an ohmic-heating magnet system.