South Korea's so-called artificial sun to burn at 100M degrees Celsius for half a minute - UPI News
South Korea's so-called artificial sun to burn at 100M degrees Celsius for half a minute - UPI.com
Dec. 29 (UPI) -- South Korea's superconducting fusion device and so-called artificial sun, KSTAR, has received upgrades that will allow it to run for longer periods of time.
The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy said Friday it had successfully installed a new tungsten divertor for its magnetic fusion device, KSTAR, which will allow it to run high-temperature plasma at more than 100 million degrees Celsius for 30 seconds.
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