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The UK’s most famous fusion reactor – the Joint European Torus (JET) tokamak – saw its first plasma on June 25th of 1983. Its final plasma pulse was generated on …read more Continue reading UK’s JET Tokamak Retires After 40 Years And 105,842 Pulses
Japan’s JT-60SA fusion reactor project announced first plasma in October of this year to denote the successful upgrades to what is now the world’s largest operational, superconducting tokamak fusion reactor. …read more Continue reading Japan’s JT-60SA Generates First Plasma As World’s Largest Superconducting Tokamak Fusion Reactor
Attempts to make a viable nuclear fusion reactor have on the whole been the domain of megabucks projects supported by countries or groups of countries, such as the European JET …read more Continue reading Superconducting Tape Leads To A Smaller Tokamak
As the race towards the first commercially viable nuclear fusion reactor heats up, the UK-based Tokamak Energy has published a paper on its recent achievements with its ST40 spherical tokamak. …read more Continue reading The UK’s ST40 Spherical Tokamak Achieves Crucial Plasma Temperatures
The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) magnetic fusion reactor claimed a new record last month — containing hydrogen plasma at 100 megakelvins for 20 seconds. For reference, the core temperature of the Earth’s Sun is a mere 15 megakelvins, although to be fair, it has been in operation quite …read more
Researchers at the University of Tokyo were expecting to create a strong magnetic field, but they got a lot more than they were bargaining for. Continue reading Watch Scientists Accidentally Blow Up Their Lab With The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever
If it can withstand the Sun it can manage fusion. Continue reading Space Tech Is Helping Engineer the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Reactor