en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) has signed a cooperation agreement with the leadership group of the International Research Center Consortium for the MBIR Reactor, a subsidiary of Rosatom, covering research and development in controlled thermonuclear fusion technology. The Chinese side focuses on materials science research, dedicated to testing materials capable of withstanding extreme thermal and neutron loads in burning plasmas, which is crucial for the development of future fusion reactors.

Vasily Konstantinov, CEO and Head of the MBIR Project, stated that the agreement opens a new phase of cooperation with Chinese partners. The MBIR reactor is suitable for a wide range of applications, from testing innovative materials to developing closed nuclear fuel cycle technologies. The International Research Center is attracting numerous top-tier scientific institutions, and it is gratifying to see ASIPP regard it as a platform for implementing research programs.

Song Yuntao, Director of ASIPP, stated that the success of controlled thermonuclear fusion directly depends on having experimental bases with the highest neutronics parameters. The MBIR large-scale scientific facility can provide unique data for selecting and qualifying reliable materials for future fusion reactors. He hopes that cooperation will continue to expand, yielding results for bilateral relations and global clean energy development.

The MBIR is a multipurpose sodium-cooled fast neutron research reactor with a thermal capacity of 150 MW, located in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Oblast. It is part of Russia's national technology leadership project "New Nuclear Energy Technologies," designed for experimental research, radioisotope production, manufacturing of modified materials, and testing of new equipment. Members of its International Research Center Consortium include the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russia), the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Shanghai Zhongdan International Co., Ltd. (China).

Established in 1978 and located in Hefei, the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences operates the world's first fully superconducting tokamak device, EAST. It actively participates in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project and is responsible for developing and supplying key components such as power supplies and diagnostic systems.

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