French scientists smash China's 'artificial sun' fusion record by 25%
French scientists smash China's 'artificial sun' fusion record by 25%
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French scientists smash China's 'artificial sun' fusion record by 25%
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Im really glad to see this happening in multiple sites. Hopefully if it becomes usable it can quickly spread around the globe:
"The CEA's (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) WEST tokamak nuclear fusion reactor maintained a steady loop of burning plasma for a record 1,337 seconds, according to a Feb. 18 announcement — beating China's previous 1,066-second benchmark, set on Jan. 20, by 25%."
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1337 seconds
Noice
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Also, with all due respect to Europe, the United Kingdom and France aren't superpower economies like the US or China, which means this is feasible by a mid range economy like Saudi Arabia, Egypt or Brazil.
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This is a part of an international effort that includes the EU. It might have been done in France, but that doesn't mean that's where all the funding came from.
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s m a s h
Science is not a schoolyard fight, dear public/media.
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Not with that attitude.
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Disrespect me again and I'll write a paper
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The advances towards the international reactor are pretty awesome. The fact that people are able to generate AND contain that amount of energy at all is really incredible.