New record from China's artificial sun: It worked for 17 minutes at 70 million degrees
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The nuclear fusion reactor, known as the 'artificial sun' in Hefei, China, broke a new world record after operating for more than 17 minutes at 70 million degrees Celsius. Experts said the situation is an important turning point in the world's quest for a clean future.
The nuclear fusion reactor in Hefei, the capital of the country's Anhui province, broke a new record, Chinese state media Xinhua reported.
Xinhua reported that its nuclear fusion reactor research facility Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) operated at 70 million degrees Celsius for 1,56 seconds (17 minutes, 36 seconds).
The new record comes after EAST hit another milestone in May by running for 101 seconds at a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius.
REACHED 10 TIMES THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SUN
However, EAST had reached a peak temperature of 160 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds during the experiment in May. This means it can reach 10 times hotter than the Sun.
Gong Xianzu, a researcher at the Plasma Physics Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said, “We are achieving our goals at different stages. "The latest operation lays a solid scientific and experimental basis for operating a fusion reactor."
TURNING POINT FOR A CLEAN FUTURE
Also, EAST is nicknamed the "artificial sun" because it mimics the nuclear fusion reaction that powers the real Sun, using hydrogen and deuterium gases as fuel. Fusion energy is considered the "ultimate energy" for a future where carbon emissions are neutralized. Because hydrogen and deuterium gases are abundant in the world and produce minimal waste.
CHINA HAS THREE "ARTIFICIAL SUN"
On the other hand, EAST is among the three major nuclear fusion facilities operating in China. In the country, the HL-2M tokamak fusion reactor, which was commissioned last December, is located in Chengdu in southwest China, and the third in the city of Wuhan.
On the other hand, despite decades of searching by scientists, fusion reactors are still far from reality. According to Xinhua, the two main challenges are getting the temperature above 100 million degrees Celsius and keeping that temperature constant for an extended period of time.
Artificial solar projects are also underway in the US, EU, Russia and South Korea. China is also among the 35 countries involved in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) mega project in France. nonstop news
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