Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees

[EvilEyeFleegle]

It would be well to see this result repeated several more times by other scientists in different places before getting too worked up.

Not a lot of places with the tech..to replicate KSTAR

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), a superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set the new world record as it succeeded in maintaining the high temperature plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature over 100 million degrees (Celsius).

On November 24 (Tuesday), the KSTAR Research Center at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) announced that in a joint research with the Seoul National University (SNU) and Columbia University of the United States, it succeeded in continuous operation of plasma for 20 seconds with an ion-temperature higher than 100 million degrees, which is one of the core conditions of nuclear fusion in the 2020 KSTAR Plasma Campaign.

Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees

The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), a superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set the new world record as it succeeded in maintaining the high temperature plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature over 100 million degrees (Celsius).

phys.org

They were able to maintain it due to improvements that were made to the ITB modes.

So what is the point? What can it be used for?

Power.almost unlimited power--with minimal ecological impact and at a fraction of the cost of current power generation.

 

[Unkotare]

It would be well to see this result repeated several more times by other scientists in different places before getting too worked up.

Not a lot of places with the tech..to replicate KSTAR

Remember Woo Suk Hwang? Just sayin'.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

It would be well to see this result repeated several more times by other scientists in different places before getting too worked up.

Not a lot of places with the tech..to replicate KSTAR

Remember Woo Suk Hwang? Just sayin'.

I do..and i get ya---KSTAR has good rep though--we'll see. Just not a lot of superconducting tokomacs out there

 

[konradv]

It would be well to see this result repeated several more times by other scientists in different places before getting too worked up.

Would be nicer to see it produce more energy than put in for 20 seconds.

That's the goal. Baby steps I'm afraid.