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France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes (newatlas.com)

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France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record. The milestone was reached on February 12 at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) WEST Tokamak reactor.

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Not me being baffled by "The tricky bit isn't to get atoms to fuse. That's a fairly simple lab bench experiment." before remembering that we did that in high school.