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A record-breaking amount of nuclear fusion energy has been generated by JET, the largest and most powerful tokamak machine in the world. A pulse if plasma was maintained for 5 seconds, producing 59 megajoules of energy.
#fusion #Tokamak #plasma #JET #ITER

This is good news for ITER, a much larger fusion research mega-project based in the South of France.

Find out more here: gov.uk/government/news/fusion-energy-record-demonstrates-powerplant-future

iter.org/proj/inafewlines

Images from ITER Organization and UKAEA/EUROfusion

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