Vancouver fusion machine heats plasma to 12 million degrees
A Vancouver fusion device compressed plasma using a rapidly moving metal wall, reaching twelve million degrees Celsius for only milliseconds. The result is a first for that compression approach.
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What happened
A fusion machine in Vancouver squeezed plasma with a metal wall that moves in milliseconds. The device reached a temperature of twelve million degrees Celsius this week. The plasma lasted only milliseconds.
Why it matters
No earlier slow compression device had reached that temperature, so the result marks a first for that approach.
Timeline
- This week: The Vancouver fusion machine reached twelve million degrees Celsius using a fast-moving metal wall.
- Oct 15, 3:50 PM ET: The plasma inside the chamber was found to last only milliseconds.
Coverage
- Squeezed by a metal wall moving in milliseconds, a fusion machine in Vancouver hit 12 million degrees Celsius this week, and no slow compression device had ever reached that mark before (energiesmedia.com)
- In a Huge First, Physicists May Have Found a Shortcut to Fusion Energy (sciencealert.com)
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