South Korea Sets New Nuclear Fusion Record

The KSTAR reactor sustained a plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds, marking a significant advance in nuclear fusion technology.

South Korea's KSTAR reactor breaks its own record by sustaining a plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds.
The breakthrough is part of ongoing efforts to harness nuclear fusion as a source of near-unlimited clean energy.
Upgrades, including the replacement of carbon with tungsten in the reactor's divertors, contributed to the achievement.
The KSTAR team aims to sustain temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius for 300 seconds by 2026.
This progress feeds into the development of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France, aiming to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion energy.