Conductor design for the VLHC transmission line magnet

The transmission line magnet is under development for the Very Large Hadron Collider (VLHC) at Fermilab with the expectation that it's cost will be several times less (per Tesla-meter) than conventional superconducting magnets. It is a dual-aperture warm-iron superferric magnet built around an 80 kA superconducting transmission line. The superconductor consists of 8 Rutherford (SSC Outer) cables in an Invar pipe jacket. The conductor design requirements and development program is described. A 100 kA conductor test facility based on inductive coupling is described.