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Nuclear Fusion / South Korea’s KSTAR Sets 30-Second Record At 100 Million Degrees

By David Dalton
29 November 2021

South Korea’s KSTAR Sets 30-Second Record At 100 Million Degrees
Construction of the KSTAR, or superconducting tokamak advanced research reactor, was completed in 2007. Courtesy KIFE.
The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy has set a new record by running its KSTAR tokamak fusion reactor at one million degrees and maintaining super-hot plasma for 30 seconds, beating its own previous record by 10 seconds.

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