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China’s "artificial sun", the HL-2M tokamak, has set a new operation record with its plasma current exceeding 1 million amperes (one megampere) “marking a major step toward fusion ignition”, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced. The tokamak, independently designed and built by CNNC’s Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was completed in November 2019 and achieved its first plasma discharge in December 2020.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschinas-artificial-sun-sets-new-record-10135719
China’s HL-2M tokamak fusion reactor in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was commissioned on 4 December and achieved its first plasma discharge, according to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-commissions-hl-2m-tokamak-8396171
China has completed the construction of the HL-2M tokamak fusion reactor at a research centre in Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China’s Sichuan province.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 29 November 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-completes-new-tokamak-7531412