China Achieves New Fusion Milestone with Record-Breaking Thousand-Second Run
The EAST reactorXinhuaChina has achieved a major milestone in the pursuit of practical fusion energy. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei set a new record by sustaining a fusion reaction for 1,066 seconds. This breakthrough demonstrates significant progress toward fusion as a clean, virtually limitless power source.Efforts to harness hydrogen fusion,...