The Joint European Torus produced the largest amount of energy achieved in a fusion experiment during its final round of deuterium-tritium experiments, breaking its own record set in 2021.
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. the key part of this reaction only lasts for five seconds and only generated enough power for 60 kettles, but it is an important proof that scientists are on the right track. there is still lots of work to do, and athina kappatou is one of a new generation of physicists who plan to do it at a scaled up version of the uk reactor being built here in the south of france.
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. the key part of this reaction only lasts for five seconds, and only generated enough power for 60 kettles, but it is an important proof that scientists are on the right track. there s still lots of work to do, and athina kappatou is one of a new generation of physicists who plans to do it, at a scaled up version of the uk reactor being built here in the south of france. do you think you ll see commercialfusion in your lifetime? yes, i m confident, i want to believe in it. so answer me this, why is it taking so long? it is hard. it is really hard, it is very complex, but it s worth it, and we just have to do it for the future. fusion energy is carbon free,
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. the key part of this reaction only lasts for five seconds and only generated enough power for 60 kettles, but it is an important proof that scientists are on the right track. there is still lots of work to do, and athina kappatou is one of a new generation of physicists who plan to do it at a scaled up version of the uk reactor being built here in the south of france. do you think you ll see commercialfusion in your lifetime? yes, i am confident i want to believe in it. so, answer me this, why
the key part of this reaction only lasts for five seconds and only generated enough powerfor 60 kettles, but it is an important proof that scientists are on the right track. there is still lots of work to do, and athina kappatou is one of a new generation of physicists who plan to do it at a scaled up version version of the uk reactor being built here version of the uk reactor being built here in the south of france. do you think you ll see commercial fusion in your lifetime? version of the uk reactor being built here do you think you ll see commercial fusion in your lifetime? yes, i am confident i want to believe in it. so, answer me this, why is it taking so long? it is hard, it is really hard, very complex, but it s worth it and we just have to do it for the future. fusion energy is carbon free, but it is not going to be ready in time to get us out of the climate crisis. that shouldn t stop this research, say supporters. the enormous promise fusion