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France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes (newatlas.com)

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France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record. The milestone was reached on February 12 at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) WEST Tokamak reactor.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Holy fuck that's pretty fucking good.

According to CEA, the next step will be to create even longer reactions that could amount to a combined time of several hours, with the temperature growing increasingly hotter.