(Scotsman, Jul 26, 2006) CHINESE scientists will next month test a so-called ';artificial sun'; device which will help scientists working to build a nuclear fusion reactor to produce huge supplies of energy for the world.
The device, an ';experimental advanced superconducting tokamak'; (East), is a prototype fusion engine and it is expected to carry out its first plasma discharge some time around 15 August.
The results of the test will inform work being done in the south of France to build the Iter fusion reactor, which will bring together the best practices from around the world for the first time.
The attempt to create a fusion reactor, which would produce abundant energy at a fraction of the radiation produced by fission reactors, and with less radioactive waste, is a rare example of source:http://www.zoomchina.com.cn/index.php?/c...