In its final experiments before being shut down for good last year, the UK's JET reactor set a world record for the energy output of a fusion reaction, reaching 69 megajoules of output. for 5.2 seconds. When running, it was temporarily the hottest point in the solar system, reaching 150 million°C. Originally published: 8 February 2024 Learn more ➤https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415909-uk-nuclear-fusion-reactor-sets-new-world-record-for-energy-output/ Subscribe ➤ https://bit.ly/NSYTSUBS Get more from New Scientist: Official website: https://bit.ly/NSYTHP Facebook: https://bit.ly/NSYTFB Twitter: https://bit.ly/NSYTTW Instagram: https://bit.ly/NSYTINSTA LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NSYTLIN About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/
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Can someone explain what’s going on in tbe reactor, what the purple stuff is and what’s spinning? Also what the noise is
I just wanna thank the camera man for recording this for us
Mom I want to look at the fusion reactor Mom no we have fusion reactor at home:
It looks so beautiful... I need it
Has to be one of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen
you can see stray particle fusions outside the main beam
And people say this is bad like bro it’s a low risk high reward and cleaner than they think
You can even see some sparks on the walls and feoling
Congratulations UK!!🎉
I can't be the only one who thought it was going to explode
What if instead of horizontal, other civilizations went straight down and made a winding spiral around it, and had like 12 of them, underneath a stange massive pyramid we still havent figured out like thousands of years later?
I expected to see the plasma stream floating in the center of the tokomac, not laying on the bottom.
*UPDATE* - The longest fusion reaction time is 1,337 seconds (over 22 minutes), achieved by the WEST tokamak in France on February 12, 2025
This is the most interesting thing I’ve ever seen. I have never seen the inside of a nuclear reactor when it’s on.
The cámara 📷 man never really dies!!! That's just proff that it's true he never dies. 😂😂😂😂
That's the fancy version of hell
What an amazingly specific energy output!
At any point in human history, reliable fusion tech will be available in about 30 years
A new way to roast my marshmallows
Looks like a scifi lab hallway💀💀😭😭