China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ Breaks Record With Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
A recent breakthrough in the technology of nuclear fusion has been accomplished by China with its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), or artificial sun. Reactor for the first time achieves sustained plasma for 1,000 seconds, which is longer than the recent 403 s record of 2023. Such development is an important step towards fusion as