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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (East) reactor achieved plasma density levels 'far exceeding empirical limits' - (HFIPS/CAS)

Scientists in China have made a breakthrough with fusion energy that could finally overcome one of the most stubborn barriers to realising the next-generation energy source.

A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said its experimental nuclear reactor, dubbed the ‘artificial Sun’, achieved a plasma density that was previously thought impossible.

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