South Korea comes a step closer to LIMITLESS energy:
Country's fusion reactor sustains plasma for more than a minute in a
new world record
- South Korean team maintained plasma in a steady state for a record 70 seconds
- Maintaining hydrogen in its unstable superheated state is a key part of fusion
- Inside the KSTAR reactor temperatures can reach 300 million degrees Celsius
- Nuclear fusion could generate limitless clean energy from hydrogen
Published:
11:13 EST, 15 December 2016
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Updated:
02:50 EST, 16 December 2016
Engineers in South Korea have pushed the boundaries of nuclear fusion by setting a new record for maintaining plasma.
Plasma is one of the four states of matter - the others being liquid, gas and solid - with examples being lightning and the sun.
In a reactor at a national fusion facility, a team managed to keep superheated plasma in a steady state for more than a minute.
The new record marks another step towards nuclear fusion as a potentially limitless source of energy.
