China Commissions New-Generation "Artificial Sun"
China has powered up its nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, in a step forward for technology which would ultimately provide a powerful and limitless source of clean energy.
The HL-2M Tokamak reactor in Chengdu, Sichuan province, is designed to use a powerful magnetic field to fuse hot plasma at temperatures of 150 million celsius – more than 10 times hotter than the sun’s core.
The reactor, referred to as an “artificial sun” because of the enormous heat and power it produces, was completed last year...More
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