Thailand launches first experimental tokamak device in collaboration with China

STORY: Thailand launches first experimental tokamak device in collaboration with China DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tokamak device 2. various of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand in the opening ceremony 3. various of tokamak device 4. various of Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT) 5. various of tokamak device 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Thai): THAWATCHAI ONJUN, Executive director of the TINT 7. various of tokamak device 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SONG YUNTAO, Director of ASIPP 9. various of tokamak device STORYLINE: Thailand's first experimental tokamak device was officially launched on Tuesday in collaboration with China. The device, a joint collaboration between the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) and the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT), arrived in Thailand in January and commenced trial runs in May. Thawatchai Onjun, executive director of the TINT, emphasized th

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

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu (R), a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), and ASIPP director Song Yuntao celebrate after the experiment succeeded at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

China's "artificial sun" achieves breakthrough, key step toward fusion reactor

STORY: China's "artificial sun" achieves breakthrough, key step toward fusion reactor DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. China's "artificial sun" achieving breakthrough 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG YUNTAO, ASIPP director STORYLINE: The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. The breakthrough, achieved after more than 120,000 shots, greatly improved the original world record of 101 seconds, which was set by EAST in 2017. The ultimate goal of EAST, located at the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei, is to create nuclear fusion like the sun, using substances abundant in the sea to provide a steady stream of clean energy. Song Yuntao, ASIPP director, told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that the main s

(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(220204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Zhang Yuntao runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Grand Canal Forest Park in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Haobo)