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China Maintains 'Artificial Sun' at 120 Million Celsius for Over 100 Seconds, Sets New World Record

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday June 05 2021, @06:03PM   Printer-friendly

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China maintains 'artificial sun' at 120 million Celsius for over 100 seconds, setting new world record:

China broke the record by keeping the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) by achieving plasma temperature at 120 million Celsius for 101 seconds and 160 million Celsius for 20 seconds, a major step toward the test run of the fusion reactor.

The Tokamak devise[sic] is located at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is designed to replicate the nuclear fusion process that occurs naturally in the sun and stars to provide almost infinite clean energy through controlled nuclear fusion, which is often dubbed the "artificial sun."

The achievement broke a previous record of maintaining the plasma temperature at 100 million C for 100 seconds. According to Li Miao, director of the physics department of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, it is a milestone in reaching the goal of keeping the temperature at a stable level for a long time.

"The breakthrough is significant progress, and the ultimate goal should be keeping the temperature at a stable level for a long time," Li told the Global Times, adding that the next milestone might be to maintain the stability for a week or more.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday June 05 2021, @06:18PM (3 children)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Saturday June 05 2021, @06:18PM (#1142100)

    What a boring name. High profile Chinese technical projects are usually called Golden Palace, Divine Vessel or Long March or Heavenly Questions. EAST is... well, some acronym. They might as well have called it a number 31...

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by fustakrakich on Saturday June 05 2021, @06:45PM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday June 05 2021, @06:45PM (#1142116) Journal

    Yeah, 42 and 69 are taken

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @06:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @06:35PM (#1142434)

    Maybe 'cause the Sun rises in the...?

  • (Score: 2) by Rich on Sunday June 06 2021, @08:49PM

    by Rich (945) on Sunday June 06 2021, @08:49PM (#1142469) Journal

    Bickering about names is referred to as "bike shedding" among professionals actually doing work. In your case, we'd end up with the "Divine Vessel Golden Palace" for the bikes. A bit pretentious, but it answers what colour to paint the shed in right away!