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Japan's JT-60 Tokamak Sets New Plasma Record

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the road-to-the-fusion-reactor dept.

Dipster writes "The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has announced that its JT-60 Tokamak has almost doubled the previous record for sustained plasma production, which is now sits at 28.6 seconds. It is believed that once 400 seconds can be achieved, a sustained nuclear fusion reaction will be possible. While 28.6 seconds is a long way from 400, it raises hopes for what will be possible from the ITER reactor, expected to be finished in 2016."

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  1. Re:fusion by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "There is no perpetual motion energy source."

    Perhaps, but when your fuel source is the most abundant substance in the universe, there's "close enough for engineering purposes."

    "Where is the balancing "bad" for fusion energy?"

    You seem to be confusing thermodynamics with kharma.