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China turns on ‘artificial sun’

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Science & Technology
  • Published
    5th Dec, 2020
  • It is a nuclear fusion reactor in China.
  • The nuclear reactor is expected to provide clean energy.
  • The reactor is often called an “artificial sun” on account of the enormous heat and power it produces.

What is the artificial sun?

  • It is a nuclear fusion reactor in China.
  • The nuclear reactor is expected to provide clean energy.
  • The reactor is often called an “artificial sun” on account of the enormous heat and power it produces.
  • The HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device.

How does it work?

  • It uses a powerful magnetic field to fuse hot plasma.
  • It can reach temperatures of over 150 million degrees Celsius, approximately ten times hotter than the core of the sun.
  • The HL-2M Tokamak device is designed to replicate the nuclear fusion process that occurs naturally in the sun and stars to provide almost infinite clean energy.

What are the challenges?

  • To achieve an ion temperature above 100 million degrees Celsius
  • To contain the fusion within a limited space in the long term
  • To provide a sufficiently high-density profile

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