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Apr 14, 2023

China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets new world record

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Its demonstration nuclear power plant is expected to be ready by 2035.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), popularly known as China’s “artificial sun”, set a new record on Wednesday by running for 403 seconds in a steady-state high-confinement long plasma operation, Chinese news outlet CGTN

Moving closer to nuclear fusion energy.


Institute of Plasma Physics.

The recent run of the reactor broke the previous record run of 101 seconds which was achieved in May 2021. The experiment which was completed after the researchers made 120,000 attempts will be a critical data point for the operation of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), of which China is also a member.

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