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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 7 months ago (1 children)

From what absolutely little I know, yes. Sustaining the reaction at such high temps for long is, as of now, difficult.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I decided to actually bother and read the article. That’s why I made my edit. This sounds like a very important technical milestone for the development of fusion reactors. Hooray!

[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

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