China successfully tested 'Artificial Sun'

Chinese scientists successfully maintained plasma from a nuclear reactor within a minute. This is an important step for the plan to harness energy from the "Artificial Sun".

The Tokamak Advanced Superconducting Nuclear Reactor (EAST) is located at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, China, built to simulate nuclear fusion that takes place deep inside the Sun core. . This process is different from atomic fission, ie atoms are separated rather than joined together.

EAST reactor in Hefei, China.(Photo: news.cn).

When combining atoms to produce a large energy source, the EAST reactor produces ionized hot gases called plasma. Chinese scientists recently successfully carried out a plasma maintenance experiment within a minute, Science World Report reported on November 14.

This result is important for the success of the International Nuclear Thermal Reactor Project (ITER), one of the largest international projects for fusion reactions. It also helps China become one of the leading countries in the plan to harness energy from the "Artificial Sun". This plan could replace fission reactors and conventional fossil fuels in the future.

China had previously succeeded in increasing the plasma temperature in a nuclear reactor to 49,999 million degrees Celsius, three times the temperature of the Sun. This "Artificial Sun" heat level is roughly equivalent to a medium-sized thermonuclear explosion.