US EditionChina's 'Artificial Sun' Sets Record With 17-Minute Plasma Operation
- China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak has set a new world record by maintaining plasma for 1,066 seconds, more than doubling its previous record of 403 seconds.
- The EAST reactor simulates energy generation like the sun, offering the potential for clean power without greenhouse gas emissions.
- Researchers believe that achieving stable nuclear fusion is essential for future power generation, as stated by Song Yuntao, director of the Institute of Plasma Physics.
- While the new record is significant, scientists warn that practical fusion power may still take decades to develop, as noted by the researchers involved.
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China fusion breakthrough: Artificial sun burns for record 17 minutes
A tiny star burned in China for nearly 18 minutes. Scientists at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei have sustained a fusion reaction for 1,066 seconds — more than doubling their previous record of 403 seconds. The achievement brings humanity closer to harnessing the same power that fuels our sun. — Read the rest The post China fusion breakthrough: Artificial sun burns for record 17 minutes appeared first on…
China manages to keep its “artificial sun” running for almost 18 minutes
China’s “artificial sun,” the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak ("EAST"), has achieved a significant milestone by sustaining a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for 1,066 seconds on January 20, 2025, breaking its previous record of 403 seconds set in 2023. This breakthrough is claimed to be a crucial step toward the development of fusion power, which promises…
'Artificial Sun' Blazes Past 1,000 Seconds in New Fusion Record
Scientists just set a new record in attempts to create an 'artificial Sun' down here on planet Earth.The team behind the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China kept their fusion drive running for more than 1,000 seconds for the first time – lasting for 1,066 seconds (almost 18 minutes) to be exact. First powered up in 2006, EAST is one of several nuclear fusion reactors being worked on, in attempts to produce virtually…
China Breaks Nuclear Fusion Record, Again
Chinese researchers from the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science have managed to sustain a nuclear fusion reaction at a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 1,066 seconds, breaking their previous record of 403 seconds they set in April 2023. The achievement by China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) marks yet another milestone in the country’s quest to win the ongoing nuc…
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