Scientists have said for decades that generating power from nuclear fusion is only a few decades away – this time, could it be true? Take a look inside the fusion reactors around the world that are bringing us closer to achieving the dream.
Alcator C-mod reactor, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA
Inside the doughnut-shaped vacuum chamber of the Alcator C-mod reactor at MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center © Bob Mumgaard/Creative Commons
Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor, China
The team at China’s EAST reactor inspect and adjust the device ahead of its record-breaking demonstration in June 2021 © Shutterstock
In a world-first, China’s EAST reactor managed to maintain plasma at 120,000,000°C for 101 seconds © Shutterstock
National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX-U), Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA
The NSTX-U reactor has been designed to create a spherical plasma, in contrast to the toroidal (doughnut-shaped) plasmas of other tokamaks © Elle Starkman/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, France
35 nations have invested in the ITER, which is being built in France © ITER Organisation
The doughnut-shaped chamber at the heart of ITER © ITER Organisation
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