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true. but on the other hand, the 'theoretical' is being turned into practice as evidenced by this 8 minute containment. the best a tokamak can do is half a seco
by mjfl 3y ago
true. but on the other hand, the 'theoretical' is being turned into practice as evidenced by this 8 minute containment. the best a tokamak can do is half a second.
- krasin 3y agoTokamak record time for plasma confinement is 403 seconds as of April 2023, see https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/mutimedia_news/202304/t20230417_329384.shtml https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/mutimedia_news/202304/t20230... 403s is about 7 minutes, so less than Wendelstein 7-X.
- posterboy 3y agoThey could go longer. 7-8 mins is an arbitrary cut off out of fear that something might break (quench), knowing that enough data has been gathered for the time being.