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Screenshot of cea.fr: Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration

Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration (cea.fr)

461 points by mpweiher 1 year ago | 445 comments

CEA press release announcing its WEST tokamak sustained a plasma for over 22 minutes on 12 February, setting a world record for plasma duration in a tokamak.

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Screenshot of ipp.mpg.de: Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes

Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes (ipp.mpg.de)

477 points by greesil 3 years ago | 258 comments

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics press release reporting that the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator sustained a plasma with gigajoule energy turnover for eight minutes.

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Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration(cea.fr)

Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes(ipp.mpg.de)

Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration (cea.fr)

Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes (ipp.mpg.de)