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To date, the largest consumer of Nb3Sn superconductors is ITER. A global scientific partnership between 35 nations, ITER aims to produce a fusion reactor capable of replicating the processes that power the Sun. The technology promises a source of unlimited, carbon-free energy. “The worldwide production of Nb3Sn before ITER was about 15 tonnes per year, and during the peak of ITER production, it was about 150 tonnes per year,” notes Pong. “ITER’s toroidal field and central solenoid superconducting magnets, which confine the plasma for fusion reactions, require more than 600 tonnes of Nb3Sn strands.”