It turned possible for the Chinese scientists from Hefei to achieve a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds. Thus they set a new world record about which Gong Xianzu from the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) has recently announced. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) also witnessed a plasma temperature of 160 million degrees Celsius, lasting for 20 seconds. The research facility comprises 300 scientists whose ultimate goal is to imitate fusion like the one of the Sun.
Song Yuntao, director of ASIPP, underlined the importance of this achievement in China's physics and engineering fields. Moreover, he was convinced that the experiment's success paves the way for China to build its own nuclear fusion energy station.
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Source: Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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