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China's Fusion Reactor Reaches 100 Million Degrees Celsius (abc.net.au)
hackingbear shares a report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The team of scientists from China's Institute of Plasma Physics announced this week that plasma in their Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) -- dubbed the 'artificial sun' -- reached a whopping 100 million degrees Celsius which is six times hotter than the core of the Sun. This temperature is the minimum required to maintain a fusion reaction that produces more power than it takes to run. The Chinese research team said they were able to achieve the record temperature through the use of various new techniques in heating and controlling the plasma, but could only maintain the state for around 10 seconds. The latest breakthrough provided experimental evidence that reaching the 100 million degrees Celsius mark is possible, according to China's Institute of Plasma Physics. "While the U.S. is putting new restrictions on nuclear technology exports to China, inventions and findings of EAST will be important contributions to the development of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)," writes Slashdot reader hackingbear. The reactor is currently being built in southern France with collaboration from 35 nations. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, it is expected to be "the first device to consistently produce net energy, producing 500 megawatts of clean and sustainable power."
after which time the facility and everything within about 8 miles surrounding it ceased to exist
Some of the researchers still felt it was too cold in the office and would prefer to bump up the thermostat a little more
Also I'm pretty sure the Sun, which is considerably cooler than this, is producing more power than it absorbs.
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That is 212 million degrees in Fahrenheit. If they did it in America it would have been much hotter.
While the U.S. is putting new restrictions on nuclear technology exports to China
How about instead, saying "While China is repeatedly caught attempting to steal nuclear technology from the United States"...
OK, and a linked article bashing Trump admin policies based on testimony of officials who briefed New York Times journalists under condition of anonymity? Yep, this is without question legit and unbiased.
You Frenchies and Chinese... Clean Coal 4Ever.
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