China's "artificial sun" achieves major breakthrough
STORY: China's "artificial sun" achieves major breakthrough
DATELINE: April 13, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:06
LOCATION: HEFEI, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG YUNTAO, Director of the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences
STORYLINE:
STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent
"See this round-shaped building behind me? This is where the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak, or EAST, is located. It is also known as the 'Chinese artificial sun.' The scientists here achieved a major breakthrough, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. Now let's go inside and witness a new record together."
EAST achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, greatly improving the original world record of 101 seconds, which was set by EAST in 2017.
The ultimate goal of EAST is to create nuclear fusion like the sun, using substances abundant in the sea t
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