The first performance of the facility for testing ITER CC conductor short sample

A new facility had been set up to test the low temperature properties of the short sample of the small-size cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC). The facility consisted of the background magnet which could provide 7 T centric magnetic field, a 50 kA superconducting transformer which provided sample current, a 500 W/4.5 K helium refrigerator which produced both the liquid helium (LHe) and supercritical helium (SHe). An ITER CC conductor short sample was prepared and measured in this testing system. Tcs of 7.02 K (@4.1 T, 10 kA) and Ic of 8.9 kA (@4.1 T, 7.06 K) were measured.

► This paper gives first performance of ITER CC test facility in ASIPP (China).
► A 25 m ITER CC conductor had been fabricated and a 3.5 m short sample was prepared and tested in this facility.
► This paper gives the test results of Tcs and Ic.