- Now that the fusion industry has reached the holy grail known as “ignition,” the next major challenge is designing components that can withstand plasma many times hotter than the Sun.
- One such component—called the divertor—handles the hottest surface temperatures in the fusion devices known as tokamaks, and the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) just upgraded its divertor from carbon to tungsten to withstand these hot temperatures for longer.
- A tungsten divertor is what will be used on the future International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) when it goes online next year, so KSTAR will provide invaluable data.
South Korea’s Artificial Sun Is Taking an Enormous Step Forward
When it comes to fusion, hot plasma is only half the battle—tokamaks also need to contain that plasma for long stretches.
Related materials
Financing opportunities for the Gifted Youth Support Fund are expanding in Uzbekistan
- Russia imposes restrictions on fruit and vegetable imports from five Uzbek exporters
- A man drowned in the Yukori Buzsuv canal in Tashkent
- The main results of Tashkent in the field of investment and economic development in the first six months of 2026
- Priorities to sustain high economic growth and improve living standards outlined
- Scientists are preparing to observe an artificial collision of a rocket with the moon
Ilgiz Tantashev will referee Paraguay — France match
- Monument to Alisher Navoi unveiled in Tbilisi
- President of Uzbekistan arrives in Georgia
- Ceremonial welcome held for the President of Uzbekistan
- Emergency information: intense heat up to 46 degrees is expected in Uzbekistan from July 13 to 17
- Passing scores for special transfer exams from foreign and non-state higher education organizations approved