한국 인공태양 플라즈마 운전 ‘70초’로 세계 신기록 South Korea comes a step closer to LIMITLESS energy: Country's fusion reactor sustains plasma for more than a minute in a new world record: VIDEO



South Korea comes a step closer to LIMITLESS energy: Country's fusion reactor sustains plasma for more than a minute in a new world record



  • South Korean team maintained plasma in a steady state for a record 70 seconds
  • Maintaining hydrogen in its unstable superheated state is a key part of fusion
  • Inside the KSTAR reactor temperatures can reach 300 million degrees Celsius
  • Nuclear fusion could generate limitless clean energy from hydrogen 

Engineers in South Korea have pushed the boundaries of nuclear fusion by setting a new record for maintaining plasma.


Plasma is one of the four states of matter - the others being liquid, gas and solid - with examples being lightning and the sun.


In a reactor at a national fusion facility, a team managed to keep superheated plasma in a steady state for more than a minute.


The new record marks another step towards nuclear fusion as a potentially limitless source of energy.




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4037262/South-Korea-comes-step-closer-LIMITLESS-energy-Country-s-fusion-reactor-sustains-plasma-minute-new-world-record.html#ixzz4TCW2YBbI  


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