A new record for maintaining plasma burning inside a fusion reactor has been set in France, beating China's previous ...

Arc Reactor™ nuclear fusion technology now allows for instantaneous superheating of localized ... water filtration, radioactive waste clean-up, medical isotopes for cancer treatment, and green ...

The most common and advanced design for fusion reactors is called a tokamak. The tokamak works by superheating plasma (one of the four states of matter, consisting of positive ions and negatively ...

All types of radiation become less intense as they travel further away from the radioactive material. This is because the particles or rays become more spread out. The thicker the substance ...

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Nuclear power is a reliable source of energy. However, it produces radioactive waste that emits gamma radiation, which is a form of energy that has traditionally been difficult to harness safely.

The official World Record now stands at 200 million degrees Celsius, continuously held for 86,400 seconds. Finally, safe sustained Nuclear Fusion has arrived and can be deployed rapidly into any indus ...