“Absolutely Impossible”: China Builds Super Steel Strong Enough for Nuclear Fusion

“Absolutely Impossible”: China Builds Super Steel Strong Enough for Nuclear Fusion

Chinese scientists say they have achieved what many in the international research community considered “absolutely impossible”: creating a steel strong enough to survive the brutal environment inside a nuclear fusion reactor. Called CHSN01 (China high-strength low-temperature steel No. 1), the alloy can endure both the extreme cold of liquid helium and the crushing magnetic forces needed for fusion — conditions that have defeated engineers for d…