China has reached another landmark in its quest for a fusion reactor with the latest experiment on an "artificial sun" last Friday in Hefei, Anhui Province.
The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) broke the world record of achieving a plasma temperature of 120 million degree centigrade for 101 seconds.
The EAST also realized a plasma temperature of 160 million degrees Celsius, lasting for 20 seconds.
The ultimate goal of EAST is to create nuclear fusion like the Sun, using deuterium abound in the sea to provide a steady stream of clean energy. (ECNS)
A new plasma operation scenario, Super I mode, was discovered and demonstrated on the Experiment Advanced Superconducting Tokamak. The new high-confinement and self-organizing mechanism represents the reliability and advancement of the machine itself, while also offers in...
A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) studied the core heavy impurities transport in the hybrid and fully non-inductive scenarios on Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). They identified the dominant mechanism for the core h...
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