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China sets new fusion endurance record of over a thousand seconds | The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak reactor in Hefei, Anhui Province has set a new record with a 1,066-second sustained fusion reaction.


China has achieved a major milestone in the quest for practical commercial fusion power. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei, Anhui Province has set a new record with a 1,066-second sustained fusion reaction.

It's been a frustrating enterprise that sometimes seems as far from the goal as it was at the end of the Second World War, but the stakes have been such that today a record US$7.1 billion in private investments have been thrown into the pot. At the 1964 New York World's Fair, a fusion experiment was the centerpiece of the General Electric Pavilion, where attempts were made to fuse atoms at regular intervals for the public. A retired field archaeologist and university lecturer, he has a background in the history of science, technology, and medicine with a particular emphasis on aerospace, military, and cybernetic subjects.

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