now South Korean scientists are taking
nuclear fusion technology to new heights
they've developed a so-called artificial
Sun that reached astonishing
temperatures marking a milestone in the
development of a workable fusion reactor
oshi on with more in 1.5 seconds of
sheer magnetic force
South Korea's artificial Sun reach
record plasma temperatures seven times
hotter than the actual Sun taking us
closer to a world that runs on unlimited
green energy the K star tokamak of
magnetic fusion device that the National
Fusion Research Institute sustained the
plasma ion temperature of more than a
hundred million degrees Celsius for the
first time in the world tokamak seemed
to create and harness energy from atomic
fusion which occur in superhot plasma
replicating the natural process that
powers the Sun billions of times a
second
a plasma ion temperature of at least a
hundred million degrees needs to be
generated to smoothly run the nuclear
fusion process we've operated K star for
10 years and we've now marked this
milestone temperature for about 1.5
seconds showing we've obtained the
technology to maintain this temperature
for longer durations hereafter the
achievement comes the scientists around
the world are looking to develop nuclear
fusion devices in order to create clean
and sustainable sources of energy
tokamaks are designed to create and
control plasma from fuel site deuterium
and tritium which are considered
eco-friendly and readily available as
they're extracted from water and lithium
and are carbon free also nuclear fusion
produces almost 4 million times more
energy than burning fossil fuels for
which they're seen as an ideal source of
clean and affordable power for
generations to come
to explore the potential Korea's
state-of-the-art fusion device has been
part of global efforts to build the
largest tokamak in the world called
itter with experiments set to begin in
2025 it has plasma temperature needs to
reach at least a hundred and fifty
million Celsius for further research on
developing industrial and commercial
fusion reactors
to contribute to the school k-star
developers hope that the korean tokamak
will be able to maintain the a hundred
million Celsius level for at least ten
seconds by the end of this year was
young Arirang news
