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REBCO superconducting tape, 12 mm

A ceramic tape that carries current with no resistance when cold. It is the wire in modern fusion magnets.

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  1. Research58 (Computed: Items per stage = papers, preprints and grants collected for the bottleneck whose relevance score is 2 or more, placed on a stage by the rule in lib/science.ts; judgements are counted separately.)+7 (Computed: Items first collected in the last 7 days whose publication or award date is within the last 30 days.) new
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Searched for “REBCO”, “coated conductor”, “high-temperature superconducting tape”, “HTS tape” in titles and abstracts.

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  • TechnologyPilot / demonstrationreadiness Estimate, not a measurementFull-scale magnets have passed acceptance testing and are in serial production, validated by the US Department of Energy. No power plant has run on them. The constraint has moved from physics to tape supply.By Substrata, open to challenge · 2026-09-15Supporting source →Judgement, cited · 2026-09-15

    High-temperature superconducting magnets

    Full-scale magnets have passed acceptance testing and are in serial production, validated by the US Department of Energy. No power plant has run on them. The constraint has moved from physics to tape supply.

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