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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

submitted 4 months ago by m3t00@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

100 million degrees C

Sounds hot.

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[-] TheHottub@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

One day we will break that record and nobody will ever know again.

[-] JATtho@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Fusion triple product: the duration the thing works x inverse of how close you are to melting the reactor vessel x how large is the reactor vessel

[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 months ago

Can't wait for fusion reactors to not be thing for another 50 years at the very least.

[-] Chetzemoka@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Better in 50 years than never

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I'd like to know more. How do you actually harness the energy produced by temperatures that high? Is the end goal to figure out how to sustain the reaction at lower temperatures or do we actually have ways to generate electricity from those temperatures without losing most of it to waste?

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[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

One step closer to getting the T-51s working.

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