Construction Strategy for the Future K-DEMO Superconductor Test Facility

The 16 T superconducting magnet for the next generation fusion reactor, called K-DEMO would be a great engineering challenge with current technology. The project on the test facility, named SUCCEX (Super Conducting Conductor Experiment) is prerequisite for the development of K-DEMO superconducting magnet. It would generate an external magnetic field of 16 T for developing and testing K-DEMO superconductors. Also, this project will give a guideline to fabricate future superconducting conductors for the next generation nuclear fusion reactor construction. It will be an essential facility for the production of superconducting magnets for K-DEMO. In 2021, the Korean government has approved this project and the project is in its early stages of construction. The construction strategy and the current progress are discussed in this article.