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Japan's JT-60 Tokamak Sets New Plasma Record

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:Linux Mandrake - A racist OS by Ninjaesque+One · · Score: 0, Troll

    While a fairly obvious flamebait and off-topic to boot, I find it interesting that, while accusing Mandrake of racial segregation, preventing people from using ebonics versions of their OS, and saying that contractions for fairly-obvious commands are, in fact, racist acronyms, they then proclaim a stereotype for its cause.

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    Ninjas and pirates. How piquant.