France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record. The milestone was reached on February 12 at the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) WEST Tokamak reactor.
It amuses me that the two longest-running tokamaks are now EAST in China and WEST in Europe
It’d be way funnier if the China one was named WEST and the European one was EAST