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Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees


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The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), a superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set the new world record as it succeeded in maintaining the high temperature plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature over 100 million degrees (Celsius).

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-korean-artificial-sun-world-sec-long.html

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Thanks for that information.

 

It just shows what an enormous waste of of public money the UK is making in buying at least two new but hopelessly outdated fission reactiors from the French.

We never should have abandoned ZETA.

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21 minutes ago, studiot said:

Thanks for that information.

 

It just shows what an enormous waste of of public money the UK is making in buying at least two new but hopelessly outdated fission reactiors from the French.

We never should have abandoned ZETA.

Fission reactors produce power.

Do you recall what the Z stands for in the acronym ZETA?

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58 minutes ago, John Cuthber said:

Fission reactors produce power.

Do you recall what the Z stands for in the acronym ZETA?

Yes, of course I do.
My long memory also recalls the row over the US  'the need to know' agreement.
And I notice that they are cooperating not with their staunchest ally, but another party.

Well done the Koreans.

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