Nuclear Fusion 36 - U.S. And Korean Researchers Improve Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device

       In the research and development of a nuclear fusion reactor, one of the major problems is keeping the super-hot plasma in a stable configuration that does not touch the interior wall of the vacuum chamber that contains the plasma. If the plasma touches the wall, it can lose shape and temperature, quenching the reactions that produce fusion.

Nuclear Reactors 322 - India Stuggles With The Question Of Whether To Build More Nuclear Power Reactors

       India was one of the first countries to have a nuclear power program. It built its first research reactor in 1954. Today, India has twenty two reactors which provide about two percent of its electricity. Coal provides about sixty-nine percent and seventeen percent is provided by renewable sources.

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