London CNN —Scientists and engineers near the English city of Oxford have set a nuclear fusion energy record, they announced Thursday, bringing the clean, futuristic power source another step closer to reality.
To generate fusion energy, the team raised temperatures in the machine to 150 million degrees Celsius — around 10 times hotter than the core of the sun.
An animation showing how tokamaks generate nuclear fusion energy.
“Our successful demonstration of operational scenarios for future fusion machines like ITER and DEMO, validated by the new energy record, instil greater confidence in the development of fusion energy,” Fasoli said in a statement.
A view of Torus Hall, where the JET tokamak machine lies.
Persons:
Ambrogio Fasoli, ” Fasoli, Aneeqa Khan, Khan, ”, Copernicus
Organizations:
London CNN —, CNN, JET, EUROfusion, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, University of Manchester
Locations:
Oxford, France