Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer

The JET Tokamak. Image credit: UKAEA

In it’s final experiment, the JET Tokamak produced more energy via fusion than ever before, as reported by the BBC:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68233330

Dr Aneeqa Khan, one of our CDT academics from University of Manchester, was quoted in the article:

“In order for the atoms to fuse together on Earth, we need temperatures ten times hotter than the Sun – around 100 million celsius, and we need a high enough density of the atoms and for a long enough time,”