{"id":223,"date":"2021-11-05T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=104439"},"modified":"2021-11-05T08:17:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T07:17:10","slug":"in-pictures-inside-the-race-for-nuclear-fusion-power","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/in-pictures-inside-the-race-for-nuclear-fusion-power\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Inside the race for nuclear fusion power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Andy Ridgway\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 05 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Nuclear fusion, the \u2018holy grail\u2019 of energy, has long eluded scientists. In a fusion reaction, hydrogen plasma fuses to become helium under enormous heat and pressure, and releases huge amounts of clean, renewable energy in the process. However, this virtually limitless source of energy faces technical challenges that have thus far been insurmountable.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have said for decades that generating power from nuclear fusion is only a few decades away \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/future-technology\/fusion-power-future\/&quot;\">Why the promise of nuclear fusion is no longer a pipe dream<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Alcator C-mod reactor, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/crop_Fport_inwards_panosphere_Man-crop-cee8541.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C197,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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column=\"\" plated=\"\" in=\"\" metal=\"\" inside=\"\" a=\"\" doughnut-shaped=\"\" chamber.=\"\" person=\"\" full-body=\"\" white=\"\" suit=\"\" is=\"\" the=\"\" chamber=\"\" bob=\"\" mumgaard=\"\" commons=\"\" title=\"&quot;Inside\" vacuum=\"\" of=\"\" alcator=\"\" c-mod=\"\" reactor=\"\" at=\"\" mit=\"\" plasma=\"\" science=\"\" and=\"\" fusion=\"\" center=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Inside the doughnut-shaped vacuum chamber of the Alcator C-mod reactor at MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center \u00a9 Bob Mumgaard\/Creative Commons<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor, China<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_editorial_11977584k-crop-a276ebb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_editorial_11977584k-crop-a276ebb.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_editorial_11977584k-crop-a276ebb.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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title=\"&quot;The\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> The team at China\u2019s EAST reactor inspect and adjust the device ahead of its record-breaking demonstration in June 2021 \u00a9 Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/shutterstock_editorial_11977588c-crop-6fdc11d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" 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