ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, may be the grandest scientific experiment in the world. Initially ...

China’s EAST reactor has achieved a new milestone by sustaining plasma at 100 million degrees Celsius for 1,066 seconds. This ...

"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 ...

As cancer rates in the West, and globally, tack upwards due to lifestyle and environmental pollution, so does the need for ...

Japan has taken a major step toward revolutionizing energy production with the launch of the JT-60SA reactor, the world’s ...

The clean energy source we’ve been pursuing for decades is advancing with 200,000 “plasma shots” at General Atomics in San ...

Even more alarming is the fact that a small, relatively unknown Chinese fusion startup has been able to achieve what even France-based International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), funded ...

In 2023, the fusion reactor—operated by the Institute of ... That same year, China joined the ITER program as its sixth member and is responsible for 9 percent of its construction.

EAST achieves 1,066-second plasma loop, setting a new milestone Enhanced heating system powers breakthrough in fusion research Global fusion efforts progress with EAST’s support for ITER ...

The super-expensive International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France, for instance, could set the stage for future fusion reactor designs that could turn the idea of fusion energy ...

EAST is also acting as a testbed for the ITER fusion reactor that is currently being built in Cadarache, France. The EAST tokamak is able to maintain a plasma in the so-called “H‐mode”. This is the ...

EAST is part of a global effort to unlock fusion’s potential. China is a key contributor to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) program, a collaboration involving dozens of ...