National Research Council of Science & Technology
On November 24(Tuesday), the KSTAR Research Center at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KEF) announced that in a joint research with the Seoul National University (SNU) and Columbia University of the United States, it succeeded in continuous operation of plasma for 20 seconds with an ion-temperature higher than 100 million degrees, which is one of the core conditions of nuclear fusion in the 2020 KSTAR Plasma Campaign
It is an achievement to extend the 8 second plasma operation time during the 2019 KSTAR Plasma Campaign by more than 2 times. In its 2018 experiment, the KSTAR reached the plasma ion temperature of 100 million degrees for the first time (retention time: about 1.5 seconds)
To re-create fusion reactions that occur in the sun on Earth, hydrogen isotopes must be placed inside a fusion device like KSTAR to create a plasma state where ions and electrons are separated, and ions must be heated and maintained at high temperatures.
So far, there have been other fusion devices that have briefly managed plasma at temperatures of 100 million degrees or higher. None of them broke the barrier of maintaining the operation for 10 seconds or longer. It is the operational limit of normal-conducting device and it was difficult maintain a stable plasma state in the fusion device at such high temperatures for a long time.
In its 2020 experiment, the KSTAR improved the performance of the Internal Transport Barrier(ITB) mode, one of the next generation plasma operation modes developed last year and succeeded in maintaining the plasma state for a long period of time, overcoming the existing limits of the ultra-high-temperature plasma operation.
Director Si-Woo Yoon of the KSTAR Research Center at the KFE explained, "The technologies required for long operations of 100 million- plasma are the key to the realization of fusion energy, and the KSTAR's success in maintaining the high-temperature plasma for 20 seconds will be an important turning point in the race for securing the technologies for the long high-performance plasma operation, a critical component of a commercial nuclear fusion reactor in the future."
"The success of the KSTAR experiment in the long, high-temperature operation by overcoming some drawbacks of the ITB modes brings us a step closer to the development of technologies for realization of nuclear fusion energy," added Yong-Su Na, professor at the department of Nuclear Engineering, SNU, who has been jointly conducting the research on the KSTAR plasma operation.
Dr. Young-Seok Park of Columbia University who contributed to the creation of the high temperature plasma said "We are honored to be involved in such an important achievement made in KSTAR. The 100 million-degree ion temperature achieved by enabling efficient core plasma heating for such a long duration demonstrated the unique capability of the superconducting KSTAR device, and will be acknowledged as a compelling basis for high performance, steady state fusion plasmas."
The KSTAR began operating the device last August and plans to continue its plasma generation experiment until December 10, conducting a total of 110 plasma experiments that include high-performance plasma operation and plasma disruption mitigation experiments, which are joint research experiments with domestic and overseas research organizations.
In addition to the success in high temperature plasma operation, the KSTAR Research Center conducts experiments on a variety of topics, including ITER researches, designed to solve complex problems in fusion research during the remainder of the experiment period.
The KSTAR is going to share its key experiment outcomes in 2020 including this success with fusion researchers across the world in the IAEA Fusion Energy Conference which will be held in May.
The final goal of the KSTAR is to succeed in a continuous operation of 300 seconds with an ion temperature higher than 100 million degrees by 2025.
KFE President Suk Jae Yoo stated, "I am so glad to announce the new launch of the KFE as an independent research organization of Korea. The KFE will continue its tradition of under-taking challenging researches to achieve the goal of mankind: the realization of nuclear fusion energy," he continued.
As of November 20, 2020, the KFE, formerly the National Fusion Research Institute, an affiliated organization of the Korea Basic Science Institute, was re-launched as an independent research organization.
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Reader Comments
"Were all in this together"
Oh and yeah, slight problem, the sun is an electric plasma / capacitor ...not a fusion reactor...a grade school kid could figure that one... and ignored data proves it.
KSTAR is a wast of money and the US is paying for it with our tax dollars. Another Demonrat money waster pork belly scheme.
Do we live in a hologram and is this just for our entertainment or lessons for our souls to learn and become one with our creator to advance our conscience spiritually.
Seems you are just another of those guys who didn't pay attention during your basic math and physics lesson, like most of those flat-earth proponents. Else you would be able see through the inane argumentation. And not fall for the trolls.
We Human beings have been lied to forever by the elite globalist from day one on everything. So I like to hear everyones opinions and concepts including yours and keep an open mind thats why the whole world is waking up and seeing the real truth. Were not assimilated into the Borg just yet.
Albeit there are simple and interesting experiments one can do (or repeat - seeing for yourself is worth more than 1000 books). Like this one here, at about the 1:50 mark: [Link]
In my experience, the FE scene is infiltrated by NLP-trained trolls that make your head spin when listening to them. Fast talking or a shitload of pseudo-information makes most people miss the falsehood and inanities. Many are professional trolls - paid by government agencies (from tax money...) to disrupt smother unwanted ideas, and propagate certain agendas. For the FE circus, the only motivation I could identify blackwashing critics of official science and government programs. Perhaps you are aware of e.g. the many irregularities of the (alleged) moon landing. Now, only throw a "Flat Earther !" in their direction to silence them. In other words, the equivalent of the "holocaust denier" slur in the world of science.
Like I said as well as others say too, we have been lied to so much it’s hard to believe anything they tell us without harder facts and seeing is believing and maybe not because if it’s an illusion it is very well crafted. To be decreeing is the best way to approach unknowns and a gut feeling.
Two things are for sure taxes and death and one more for me because I have crossed over several times and I know whats on the other side and that is not an illusion.
For the second part, I have not yet been on the other side. But I have read Ian Stevenson, and I agree.
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Would like to hear your thoughts on this if you like to share, not just from a scientific view but a discerning view too. Seems I put this comment in the wrong place. Codes this was meant for the one below.
Many topics I had read about, and researched in the last two decades. And I am mostly on the same page.
However ...
there is one thing I always try to remember:
The internet was created from a (military) DARPA project. Google/YT was financed by the CIA (via In-Q-Tel), and is obviously a privatized control and surveillance tool for the state.
Any website or channel that exists unimpaired in this realm is AT LEAST toeing the line.
There only toeing the line because of the controversy and the powers will let that go because of that, things sound to far out for the majority of people that are still a sleep, one day hopefully they will awaken too, then again maybe not. keep an open mind.