Scientists from China's Institute of Plasma Physics announced this week
that plasma in their Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST)
reached 100 million degrees Celsius.
By comparison, the core of the Sun is about 15 million degrees Celsius.
The etymology of the word "tokamak" is from Russian where it
is an acronym for "toroidal chamber with magnetic coils".
A tokamak uses powerful magnetic fields to attempt to confine a hot
plasma and work by various teams around the world from the late
1950's to the present time have made attempts to engineer them
into practical vessels in which to achieve nuclear fusion.
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Speaking to the ABC, associate professor Matthew Hole from the Australian National University said the achievement was an important step for nuclear fusion science.
"It's certainly a significant step for China's nuclear fusion program and an important development for the whole world," Dr Hole said, adding that developing fusion reactors could be the solution to global energy problems.
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