energy a step closer. a uk laboratory has smashed the record for generating energy from a nuclearfusion reaction. here s justin rowlatt. two, one, zero. this is the record breaking reaction. it is more than 150 million degrees celsius. ten times hotter than the heart of the sun. and it happened here, the world s most powerful fusion plant, jet fusion, in culham in oxfordshire. it is, says the team here, a landmark for this technology. these results are really significant because what we have managed to demonstrate insidejet is we can create a mini sun, the right kind of mini sun, hold it there for a sustained period and get really good performance levels, which is a major step forward in terms of our quest to get to fusion power plants. most nuclear reactors use fission. that s when big, unstable atoms like uranium are split in two, releasing lots of energy and radiation. fusion is different.
to demonstrate insidejet is we can create a mini sun, the right kind of mini sun, hold it there for a sustained period and get really good performance levels, which is a major step forward in terms of our quest to get to fusion power plants. most nuclear reactors use fission. that s when big, unstable atoms like uranium are split in two. the reaction releases lots of energy and radiation. fusion is different. it involves forcing two atoms of hydrogen together, fusing them to create one atom of helium. once again, you get lots of energy and this time just a tiny bit of short lived radiation. creating mini stars inside reactors like this is one of the greatest technological challenges humanity has ever faced. get it right, and it holds out the potential for producing almost unlimited supplies of energy pretty much forever. that s because the hydrogen fuel fusion uses is so readily available.
it is, says the team here, a landmark for this technology. these results are really significant. what we ve managed to demonstrate insidejet is that we can create a mini sun, the right kind of mini sun, hold it there for a sustained period and get really good performance levels, which is a major step forward in terms of our quest to get fusion power plants. most nuclear reactors use fission. that s when big, unstable items like uranium are split in two. the reaction releases lots of energy and radiation. fusion is different. it involves forcing two atoms of hydrogen together, fusing them, to create one atom of helium. once again, you get lots of energy, and this time just a tiny bit of short lived radiation. creating mini stars inside reactors like this is one of the greatest technological challenges humanity has ever faced.
of a virtually unlimited source of low carbon power. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt has been to the research centre in 0xfordshire where the reaction took place. two, one, zero. this is the record breaking reaction. it is more than 150 million degrees centigrade. ten times hotter than the heart of the sun. and it happened here, the world s most powerful fusion plant, jet fusion, in culham in 0xfordshire. it is, say the team here, a landmark for this kind of technology. these results are really significant because what we have managed to demonstrate insidejet is we can create a mini sun, the right kind of mini sun, hold it for a sustained period and get really good performance levels, which is a major step forward in terms of our quest to get to fusion power plants. most nuclear reactions use fission. that s when big unstable atoms like uranium are split in two, releasing lots of energy
unlimited source of low carbon power. justin rowlatt has been to the resource centre, where the reaction took place. two, one, zero. this is the record breaking reaction. it is more than 150 million degrees celsius ten times hotter than the heart of the sun. and it happened here, the world s most powerful fusion plant, jet fusion, in oxfordshire. it is, says the team here, a landmark for this technology. these results are really significant because what we have managed to demonstrate insidejet is we can create a mini sun, the right kind of mini sun, hold it there for a sustained period and get really good performance levels, which is a major step forward in terms of our quest to get to fusion power plants. most nuclear reactors use fission. that s when big, unstable atoms like uranium are split in two. the reaction releases lots of energy and radiation. fusion is different. it involves forcing two atoms