China achieves key breakthrough in development of new-generation ‘artificial sun’

China’s large-scale nuclear fusion reactor, Huanliu-3, has realized the high-confinement mode operation with a plasma current of 1 million amperes for the first time, which marks a significant advance in China’s “three-step“ technology roadmap for sustainable development. Huanliu-3, also known as the country’s new-generation “artificial sun“, is a safe and controllable nuclear fusion reactor operating in high-confinement mode, an advanced mode in magnetic confinement fusion, which is more economical than the general one. The achievement is an important progress for both the long-term development goal of China’s nuclear industry and the ITER, an international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject. It contributes to the methods to address energy-related issues, which will ultimately benefit the whole world. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!