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Liquid carbon created for the first time, offering breakthrough for nuclear fusion reactors
Liquid carbon, a material that could play a key role in future nuclear fusion reactors, has been made by a team of scientists for the first time.
Due to its high melting point and unique structural properties, it is thought that liquid carbon could be useful in nuclear fusion plants as a way to cool the reactors and as a moderator that can help to slow down neutrons – a crucial way to maintain the chain reactions needed. Proposals to expand Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton airports would make it more difficult for the UK to meet its climate obligations while failing to deliver the mooted economic benefits, MPs have said. China’s Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HIPS) has said it has achieved “a significant scientific milestone” in the development of fusion energy after maintaining a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for 1,066 seconds.
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