Current Events > One of China's tokamak fusion reactors is now hot enough for possible fusion

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CornBarn 11/14/18 3:23:25 PM #1:	https://futurism.com/artificial-sun-china-temperature-record Its A Hot One Things are heating up in China. On Tuesday, a team from Chinas Hefei Institutes of Physical Science announced that its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor an artificial sun designed to replicate the process our natural Sun uses to generate energy just hit a new temperature milestone: 100 million degrees Celsius (180 million degrees Fahrenheit). For comparison, the core of our real Sun only reaches about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit meaning the EAST reactor was, briefly, more than six times hotter than the closest star. Nuclei Smash When two hydrogen nuclei combine, they produce an enormous amount of energy. That process, known as nuclear fusion, is how our Sun generates light and heat, and its the great white whale of the energy world if we could find a way to harness it, wed have a near-limitless source of clean energy. Tokamaks like EAST could help us do just that. Theyre devices that use magnetic fields to control plasma in a way that could support stable nuclear fusion, and its this plasma that EAST heated to such an incredible temperature. Going Nuclear Not only is EASTs new plasma temperature milestone remarkable because, wow, its really hot, its also the minimum temperature scientists believe is needed to produce a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction on Earth. Now that Chinas artificial sun is capable of heating plasma to the necessary temperature, researchers can focus on the next steps along the path to stable nuclear fusion. :O <cite>CornBarn posted [p:912402087] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>https://futurism.com/artificial-sun-china-temperature-record Its A Hot One Things are heating up in China. On Tuesday, a team from Chinas Hefei Institutes of Physical Science announced that its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor an artificial sun designed to replicate the process our natural Sun uses to generate energy just hit a new temperature milestone: 100 million degrees Celsius (180 million degrees Fahrenheit). For comparison, the core of our real Sun only reaches about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit meaning the EAST reactor was, briefly, more than six times hotter than the closest star. Nuclei Smash When two hydrogen nuclei combine, they produce an enormous amount of energy. That process, known as nuclear fusion, is how our Sun generates light and heat, and its the great white whale of the energy world if we could find a way to harness it, wed have a near-limitless source of clean energy. Tokamaks like EAST could help us do just that. Theyre devices that use magnetic fields to control plasma in a way that could support stable nuclear fusion, and its this plasma that EAST heated to such an incredible temperature. Going Nuclear Not only is EASTs new plasma temperature milestone remarkable because, wow, its really hot, its also the minimum temperature scientists believe is needed to produce a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction on Earth. Now that Chinas artificial sun is capable of heating plasma to the necessary temperature, researchers can focus on the next steps along the path to stable nuclear fusion. :O</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VectorChaos 11/14/18 3:30:54 PM #2:	whoa.gif --- "Donald Trump has the most presidential penis of all time" - DifferentialEquation <cite>VectorChaos posted [p:912402456] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>whoa.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CornBarn 11/14/18 3:31:07 PM #3:	@Bio1590 <cite>CornBarn posted [p:912402466] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>@Bio1590</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TeaMilk 11/14/18 3:41:53 PM #4:	nice --- http://error1355.com/ce/DocileOrangeCup.html https://imgur.com/UaVD352 <cite>TeaMilk posted [p:912402982] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>nice</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaiganeer 11/14/18 3:44:25 PM #5:	fantastic, technology with no downsides or dangers associated with it <cite>Kaiganeer posted [p:912403099] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>fantastic, technology with no downsides or dangers associated with it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 11/14/18 3:45:33 PM #6:	CornBarn posted... @Bio1590 Why are you tagging me Proudclad --- https://imgur.com/bbRWLI8 https://imgur.com/A0BErSV <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:912403161] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>CornBarn posted...</cite> <quote>@Bio1590</quote> Why are you tagging me Proudclad</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
slimfizzle2 11/14/18 4:06:21 PM #7:	Welp this is how the world ends --- Solomon Grundy wants Pants Too! <cite>slimfizzle2 posted [p:912404242] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>Welp this is how the world ends</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
King_Hellebuyck 11/14/18 4:09:40 PM #8:	Bio1590 posted... CornBarn posted... @Bio1590 Why are you tagging me Proudclad TC is Proudclad?! --- All Hail King Connor! Official Connor Hellebuyck fanboy <cite>King_Hellebuyck posted [p:912404394] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CornBarn posted...</cite> <quote>@Bio1590</quote> Why are you tagging me Proudclad</quote> TC is Proudclad?!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 11/14/18 4:09:42 PM #9:	Kaiganeer posted... fantastic, technology with no downsides or dangers associated with it It hasn't stopped us from trying our best to kill the world with fossil fuels. Perfection is a weird bar to set for change when we've never been close to it. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:912404395] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kaiganeer posted...</cite> <quote>fantastic, technology with no downsides or dangers associated with it</quote> It hasn't stopped us from trying our best to kill the world with fossil fuels. Perfection is a weird bar to set for change when we've never been close to it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 11/14/18 4:10:49 PM #10:	I was half expecting it to have happened because they fucked up. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://imgur.com/6ezFwG1 <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:912404456] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>I was half expecting it to have happened because they fucked up.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iClockwork 11/14/18 4:12:12 PM #11:	Fuck nuclear. Just look at what happened at Fukushima or Chernobyl for how this will turn out. <cite>iClockwork posted [p:912404515] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>Fuck nuclear. Just look at what happened at Fukushima or Chernobyl for how this will turn out.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ray_Dorset 11/14/18 4:12:24 PM #12:	Almost as hot as my next mixtape --- https://currentevents.ws/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1474-imgtc-development <cite>Ray_Dorset posted [p:912404528] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>Almost as hot as my next mixtape</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
L0Z 11/14/18 4:12:35 PM #13:	Wouldnt it eventually become massive enough to start to have its own gravitational pull? <cite>L0Z posted [p:912404540] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>Wouldnt it eventually become massive enough to start to have its own gravitational pull?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CobraGT 11/14/18 4:15:35 PM #14:	? I learned something on CE? Nuclear fusion may be possible? Someday nuclear fusion printer replaces 3D printer? --- GoldenSun/Crossbone Isle diagrams/ 18 teams known http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w89/SwordOfWheat/Weyard/PicsNao/ <cite>CobraGT posted [p:912404711] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>? I learned something on CE? Nuclear fusion may be possible? Someday nuclear fusion printer replaces 3D printer?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kirbymuncher 11/14/18 4:23:11 PM #15:	how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in --- THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF <cite>kirbymuncher posted [p:912405101] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CobraGT 11/14/18 4:24:02 PM #16:	kirbymuncher posted... how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in Magnetic field. --- GoldenSun/Crossbone Isle diagrams/ 18 teams known http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w89/SwordOfWheat/Weyard/PicsNao/ <cite>CobraGT posted [p:912405139] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>kirbymuncher posted...</cite> <quote>how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in</quote> Magnetic field.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CornBarn 11/14/18 4:31:02 PM #17:	iClockwork posted... Fuck nuclear. Just look at what happened at Fukushima or Chernobyl for how this will turn out. Fusion would be pretty safe actually https://www.iter.org/mach/safety <cite>CornBarn posted [p:912405524] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>iClockwork posted...</cite> <quote>Fuck nuclear. Just look at what happened at Fukushima or Chernobyl for how this will turn out.</quote> Fusion would be pretty safe actually https://www.iter.org/mach/safety</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CornBarn 11/14/18 4:31:33 PM #18:	CobraGT posted... kirbymuncher posted... how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in Magnetic field. Where can I find the wheat sword??? <cite>CornBarn posted [p:912405557] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>CobraGT posted...</cite> <quote><cite>kirbymuncher posted...</cite> <quote>how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in</quote> Magnetic field.</quote> Where can I find the wheat sword???</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CobraGT 11/14/18 4:45:27 PM #19:	CornBarn posted... CobraGT posted... kirbymuncher posted... how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in Magnetic field. Where can I find the wheat sword??? There was a site called Kraden's something with instructions on getting your own but are you willing to kill a penguin? --- GoldenSun/Crossbone Isle diagrams/ 18 teams known http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w89/SwordOfWheat/Weyard/PicsNao/ <cite>CobraGT posted [p:912406327] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>CornBarn posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CobraGT posted...</cite> <quote><cite>kirbymuncher posted...</cite> <quote>how do they contain something that hot. like, what is it in</quote> Magnetic field.</quote> Where can I find the wheat sword???</quote> There was a site called Kraden's something with instructions on getting your own but are you willing to kill a penguin?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zaltera 11/14/18 4:55:28 PM #20:	Fuck nuclear. Just look at what happened at Fukushima or Chernobyl for how this will turn out. There are numerous nuclear methods. This is completely different from those. --- Why is it that he can hit a 3rd baseman on a frozen rope from 300 feet away, but he can't hit a 12 foot tall catcher from 60 feet 6 inches away? -Awesomeo_4000 <cite>Zaltera posted [p:912406885] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><quote>Fuck nuclear. Just look at what happened at Fukushima or Chernobyl for how this will turn out.</quote> There are numerous nuclear methods. This is completely different from those.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RiderofHogs 11/14/18 5:02:02 PM #21:	Clearly these guys never watched Spider-Man 2. --- I'll be riding shotgun, underneath the hot sun, Feeling like a someone. <cite>RiderofHogs posted [p:912407224] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote>Clearly these guys never watched Spider-Man 2.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
slimfizzle2 11/14/18 9:27:50 PM #22:	RiderofHogs posted... Clearly these guys never watched Spider-Man 2. I feel sorry for those that did --- Solomon Grundy wants Pants Too! <cite>slimfizzle2 posted [p:912420930] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>RiderofHogs posted...</cite> <quote>Clearly these guys never watched Spider-Man 2.</quote> I feel sorry for those that did</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RiderofHogs 11/14/18 9:46:51 PM #23:	slimfizzle2 posted... RiderofHogs posted... Clearly these guys never watched Spider-Man 2. I feel sorry for those that did Not Amazing Spider-Man 2. --- I'll be riding shotgun, underneath the hot sun, Feeling like a someone. <cite>RiderofHogs posted [p:912421826] in One of Chi... [t:77202095]...</cite> <quote><cite>slimfizzle2 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>RiderofHogs posted...</cite> <quote>Clearly these guys never watched Spider-Man 2.</quote> I feel sorry for those that did</quote> Not Amazing Spider-Man 2.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > One of China's tokamak fusion reactors is now hot enough for possible fusion