Fukushima Disaster: World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Opens In Japan
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Fukushima Disaster: World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Opens In Japan
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Japan has unveiled the world’s largest operational superconducting tokamak, which is basically a donut-shaped nuclear fusion reactor. The goal of this reactor is to demonstrate that the design can output a net amount of energy, which would be a huge step towards developing clean, carbon-free nuclear fusion power. But it’s a tough process – to recreate the conditions that happen at the heart of stars, energy needs to be invested. And that’s where the difficult trade-off happens. Researchers expect that scaling will allow them to extract more and more energy, which is why ITER is designed to be bigger. JT-60SA will inform the next steps in reactor approaches, and it is already showing promise. The first plasma was shown to circulate in October with much lower currents going through it. So, stay tuned for more developments in the world of nuclear fusion power – it could be the future of clean energy!
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