The high magnetic field path to fusion energy

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), in collaboration with MIT and other institutions, is building the SPARC tokamak to demonstrate net fusion energy. SPARC is enabled by recent advances in high-field superconducting magnets by CFS and MIT. Construction of SPARC is well underway, with most major buildings complete and the first toroidal field coil being manufactured by CFS. In addition, CFS is beginning R&D for its envisioned fusion pilot plant, ARC. Research and development is focused on critical areas such as: fusion nuclear materials, tritium processing, and molten salt blankets. This talk will give an update on progress CFS and its collaborators have made on the high magnetic field path to fusion energy since this conference last year.