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South Korean Scentists set world record of nuclear fusion reactor
South Korean Scentists set world record of nuclear fusion reactor for plasma operation
South Korean scientists have set a world record for plasma operation, a fundamental component of nuclear fusion reactors.
Plasma is one of the four states of matter-the others are solid, liquid and gas with examples like lighting and sun.
Record period longest ever recorded in nuclear reaction
Scientists working on nuclear fusion broke records when the Korean Superconducting Tokomak Advanced Research(KSTAR) reactor in a institute located in the city of Daejeon, 160 km south of Seoul, South Korea build a ‘high performance’ plasma in stable state for 70 seconds this week.
This record period is the longest ever recorded in this type of reaction.
Maintaining hydrogen in its unstable superheated state is a key part of fusion and inside the KSTAR reactors temperatures can reach 300 million degree Celsius.
Nuclear fusion can generate limitless clean energy from hydrogen and it’s a huge step for realization of fusion reactor.
