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The Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor broke its own record in December;
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The machinery was able to sustain the plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius longer;
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The record represents an important milestone for the reactor known as the “Artificial Sun”.
Known as the “Artificial Sun”, the Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor broke its own record in late December.
According to a statement from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the machinery was able to sustain a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 1,056 seconds.
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Previously, in the spring, the record set had been 101 seconds. The team responsible for the reactor is part of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AISPP).
Yuntao Song, director general of the AISPP, stated that the team is perfect and that the group will face any difficulty, however difficult it may be.
The record represents an important milestone for the reactor, which is capable of partially replicating a star’s natural nuclear fusion process.
Scientists believe that the result of the experiment could lead to producing clean and sustainable energy. The key is that the length of the reactor can maintain high temperatures.
The reactions need to be self-sustaining and therefore superheated plasma could be used to generate them.
Still, fusion energy commercially is probably far from happening, even if experts believe it’s possible.
The information is from Futurism.
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