France Beats Record Time of Plasma in Nuclear Fusion

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More than 22 minutes to 50 million degrees. This is the record reached on February 12 by French researchers, who have managed to maintain a hydrogen plasma in the WEST tokamak, reports a communiqué from the Office of the Commissioner for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies (CEA). A result that improves by 25% the previous record, previously held by the Chinese tokamak EAST. This exploit marks an important step forward in the control of plasma…

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CEA's Tokamak WEST, the Atomic Energy Commission, has maintained a plasma for more than 22 minutes, crushing the world record of duration, a historic milestone for nuclear fusion and for ITER.