France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record. The milestone was reached on February 12 at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) WEST Tokamak reactor.
    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      88·
      9 个月前

      IIRC it was expected because previous record from China was essentially a trial for this one. It all happens under ITER project so it’s not that much of a race.

      • ZJBlank@lemmy.worldEnglish
        40·
        9 个月前

        Good shit. I’d rather this be a global cooperative effort rather than a jingoistic dick-waving contest.

        • Sceptiksky@leminal.spaceEnglish
          6·
          9 个月前

          It’s several cooperative and competitives projects. Diversity is not bad for science anyway. ITER itself involve tons of countries.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
      72·
      9 个月前

      Good. The only thing that was quite remotely good about the cold war was the competition.

      • ByteJunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        9 个月前

        That’s not what this is, and even then, that competition wasn’t even good. You had two countries hoarding technological advancements for themselves, with everything having to be discovered twice.

        This is a worldwide collaboration, where each assists the others, and it’s a much better way of making progress. See ITER.

        • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
          2·
          9 个月前

          I should’ve replaced ‘quite’ with a more clear ‘remotely’ but you’re absolutely correct