China Runs Nuclear Fusion Reactor For 17 Minutes - 5 Times Hotter Than the Sun

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China Runs Nuclear Fusion Reactor For 17 Minutes - 5 Times Hotter Than the Sun

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Nuclear fusion has been considered the Holy Grail of energy production for decades but sustaining nuclear fusion is difficult. China recently ran their nuclear fusion reactor for 17 minutes producing temperatures five times hotter than the sun at 70,000 million degrees Celsius or 1226 million degrees Fahrenheit.
nuclear fusion reactor in China has set a new record for sustained high temperatures after running five times hotter than the sun for more than 17 minutes, according to state media.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), known as an “artificial sun”, reached temperatures of 70,000,000C during the experiments, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The ultimate aim of developing the artificial sun device is to deliver near-limitless clean energy by mimicking the natural reactions occurring within stars.
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Interesting. So tokamaks do work.
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Maybe it would be easier to make a Dyson Sphere.
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Expensive.
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Sorry. Couldn't resist.

That said, if we really can get to the holy grail of sustainable nuclear fusion for power generation, it IS the kind of nuclear power I could get behind.

Like nanotechnology, the future potential risks are theoretical, but that doesn't mean at some point they could be real. The movies don't have it entirely wrong. A totally out of control fusion reaction could be a problem. :|

But first, we gotta make it work beyond the demonstration stage.
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ProfX wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:48 pm Doc Ock was unavailable for comment.

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Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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