{"id":7845,"date":"2022-02-11T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T04:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7845"},"modified":"2022-02-11T10:05:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T04:35:59","slug":"joint-european-torus-set-a-new-record-for-sustained-fusion-energy","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/joint-european-torus-set-a-new-record-for-sustained-fusion-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint European Torus set a new record for sustained fusion energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-record-breaking-59-megajoules-of-sustained-fusion-energy-demonstrated-fusion-energy-s-potential\">A record-breaking 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy demonstrated fusion energy&#8217;s potential<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-02-11T10:00:59+05:30\">11th February 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Scientists at the <strong>Joint European Torus (JET)<\/strong> in Oxford, UK, announced that they had fused atoms to yield the <strong>highest-ever sustained fusion energy<\/strong>. Over the course of a five-second pulse, 59 megajoules of energy were released, more than double the previous record of 21.7 megajoules established at JET in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nuclear fusion energy<\/strong> is one of humanity&#8217;s long-standing pursuits because it promises to be low carbon, safer than current nuclear energy production methods, and highly efficient. A <strong>kilogram of fusion fuel<\/strong> can generate about 10 million times as much energy as a kilogram of coal, oil, or gas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"process-of-fusion-reaction\">Process of <strong>Fusion reaction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Deuterium and tritium (D-T)<\/strong>, hydrogen isotopes, are heated to temperatures ten times higher than the sun&#8217;s core to create <strong>plasma<\/strong> (an ionized state of matter similar to a gas). Superconducting electromagnets hold the heated plasma in place. As heated plasma spins around, the hydrogen isotopes fuse into helium, releasing immense energy as heat, which can be subsequently turned into electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The energy is generated in a doughnut-shaped machine known as a <strong>tokamak<\/strong>. <strong>JET<\/strong> is the world&#8217;s biggest tokamak and the only magnetic device still in operation that has burned D-T. JET is owned by the <strong>UK Atomic Energy Authority<\/strong> (UKAEA), but its scientific operations are run by a European collaboration called <strong>EUROfusion<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The scientific data from these crucial experiments provide essential validation of the approach pursued at the next major fusion project, the <strong>International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">ITER is the world&#8217;s largest fusion experiment and one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today. Situated in the south of France, seven members: <strong>China, the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the United States <\/strong>support this mega-project. It aims to show that fusion energy is scientifically and technologically feasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chinas-experiments-an-artificial-sun-and-artificial-moon\/\">China\u2019s Experiments \u2013 Artificial Sun and Artificial Moon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-fusion.org\/news\/2022\/european-researchers-achieve-fusion-energy-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EUROfusion<\/a>, Image: UKAEA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A record-breaking 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy demonstrated fusion energy&#8217;s potential Scientists at the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,436,426],"class_list":["post-7845","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-february-2022","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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