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China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets nuclear fusion record, runs 1,006 seconds at 180 million°F

Abhishek Bhardwaj | Interesting Engineering — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:09:35 +0000

Nuclear fusion, which is the source of the energy released from the Sun is considered the ultimate energy source even on Earth.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) – also called ‘artificial sun’ – has achieved the milestone of 1,006 seconds of operations for sustained plasma temperature above 180 million degrees Fahrenheit (100 million degrees Celsius).

The ‘artificial sun’ is now capable of replicating the operational environment of a future nuclear fusion power plant, as per Chinese scientists.

China says it is a world record for the experimental device which is part of China’s ‘artificial sun’ project – which aims to make nuclear fusion reactors a commercial reality.

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Source: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-artificial-sun-sets-record

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Korea’s ‘artificial sun’ achieves a record 48 seconds at 100 million degrees. Why does it matter?

Oceane Duboust | EuroNews — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 21:33:50 +0000

Korea’s ‘artificial sun’, KSTAR, recorded a plasma operation with a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds, a new step in nuclear fusion research.

Korea’s “artificial sun” broke its own record during a plasma operation in which temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius were supported for 48 seconds, a promising new step toward nuclear fusion.

The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research or KSTAR had previously set a record of reaching 100 million degree plasma for 30 seconds in 2021, the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) said in a statement.

Nuclear fusion happens when two light atoms’ nuclei merge to form a single heavier one, generating a huge release of energy.

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Source: https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/04/04/koreas-artificial-sun-achieves-a-record-48-seconds-at-100-million-degrees-why-does-it-matt

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U.S. scientists hit new fusion energy milestone

Rebecca Falconer | Axios — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:41:56 +0000

U.S. scientists at the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced Sunday that they achieved net energy gain in a nuclear fusion reaction for a second time — this time with a higher energy yield.

Why it matters: Scientists have worked for decades to develop nuclear fusion as a source of effectively limitless clean energy, but Axios’ Alison Snyder notes that there’s still a long way to go in overcoming further scientific, technical and financial hurdles for it to become a commercial power supply.

Driving the news: “Since demonstrating fusion ignition for the first time at the National Ignition Facility in December 2022, we have continued to perform experiments to study this exciting new scientific regime,” said Paul Rhien, a spokesperson for the laboratory in an emailed statement first shared with the Financial Times.

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Source: https://www.axios.com/2023/08/07/nuclear-fusion-net-energy-gain-second-time-us-scientists

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