The advances towards the international reactor are pretty awesome. The fact that people are able to generate AND contain that amount of energy at all is really incredible.
Im really glad to see this happening in multiple sites. Hopefully if it becomes usable it can quickly spread around the globe:
"The CEA's (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) WEST tokamak nuclear fusion reactor maintained a steady loop of burning plasma for a record 1,337 seconds, according to a Feb. 18 announcement — beating China's previous 1,066-second benchmark, set on Jan. 20, by 25%."
1337 seconds
Noice
Also, with all due respect to Europe, the United Kingdom and France aren't superpower economies like the US or China, which means this is feasible by a mid range economy like Saudi Arabia, Egypt or Brazil.
This is a part of an international effort that includes the EU. It might have been done in France, but that doesn't mean that's where all the funding came from.
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