South Korea Creates Super Hot ‘Artificial Sun’ for Energy
The KSTAR machine, also known as the Korean Superconducting Tokamak (artificial sun) a scientific achievement designed and built in South Korea. It's a large toroidal fusion device, considered to be a major step towards the development of commercially viable nuclear fusion power, the same process that powers the sun.
South Korea's cutting-edge technology has made headlines again as its 'artificial Sun,' the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), has achieved a remarkable milestone in nuclear fusion. During the latest plasma campaign from December 2023 to February 2024, KSTAR maintained its plasma at a scorching temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for a groundbreaking 48 seconds, according to the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE).
This achievement is sig...