WEST, a tokamak run from the CEA Cadarache site in southern France and one of the EUROfusion consortium medium size Tokamak ...

Researchers in France have set an impressive new record. For 22 breathtaking minutes, blazing-hot plasma swirled inside the ...

French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by ...

French research organization CEA reported that on 12 February, the CEA’s WEST tokamak maintained a nuclear fusion plasma for ...

The WEST reactor maintained plasma for 1,337 seconds, about 22 minutes, surpassing the record set by China in January.

France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record.

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A world record for nuclear fusion has been smashed after an ‘artificial sun’ reactor was able to maintain a plasma for more than 22 minutes. The WEST reactor, in southern France, is at the ...

Creating and sustaining fusion reactions—essentially recreating star-like conditions on Earth—is extremely difficult, and ...

A new AI-driven approach to tokamak plasma control offers an improved route to commercial fusion technology. Next Step Fusion ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — French research organization CEA reported that on 12 February, the CEA’s WEST tokamak maintained a nuclear fusion plasma for more than 22 minutes, a 25 percent improvement over the ...