WHICH COUNTRY HAS CONDUCTED A NUCLEAR FUSION EXPERIMENT TOWARDS CREATION OF AN ‘ARTIFICIAL SUN’?

D. China

China has conducted a nuclear fusion experiment towards the creation of an “artificial sun.” The experiment was carried out by the Institute of Plasma Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is part of China’s efforts to develop nuclear fusion technology. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the sun, and creating an artificial sun would involve mimicking this process on Earth to generate clean, limitless energy. The experiment in China was conducted using a device known as a tokamak, which uses magnetic fields to confine and heat plasma to the temperatures and pressures necessary for nuclear fusion to occur. Although much work remains to be done, China’s experiment is an important step towards the development of nuclear fusion technology and the creation of an artificial sun.