"EAST is just a scientific experimental device, and our ultimate goal is to build a commercially viable nuclear fusion reactor," he added. Gong explained that three conditions must be met to build a ...

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Credit: Geek3 / CC BY 3.0 China’s advanced “artificial sun” reactor has set a new world record, sustaining super-hot plasma for 1,066 seconds (17.76 minutes). This milestone marks significant progress ...

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Mr Stone had written to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero about the potential for fusion energy at Dounreay. Dounreay was the UK centre for nuclear fast reactor research and development.

He said that the recent record is monumental, marking a critical step toward realizing a functional fusion reactor. According to GONG Xianzu, head of the EAST Physics and Experimental Operations ...