With the advantages of safety, economy and environmental friendliness, magnetic confinement fusion energy is an ideal strategic energy for the future and can make a significant contribution to the realization of the "double carbon" goal. Magnetic confinement fusion uses magnetic field to confine and fuse deuterium and tritium fuels in the form of plasma, which is considered to be a promising solution to the energy problem of mankind and a long-term goal for the development of nuclear energy in China. At present, China is actively participating in the construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), supporting domestic physics and engineering research, and designing the Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor (CFETR), with the goal of obtaining fusion energy on the basis of absorbing and digesting ITER experience. This article addresses both opportunities and challenges for fusion energy development which is very difficult and requires long-term sustained research.

magnetic confinement fusion energy  /  CFETR  /  ITER