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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)
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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I thought we used magnetrons and such, and the excessive heat was due to current inefficiency and control of the fusion process in containing the heat and it building up higher and higher.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

The heat is needed so atoms collide enough to fuse without the high pressure inside a star. The trick is keeping the reaction going.

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