Scientists of the Joint European Torus (JET), Europe's largest fusion reactor, claim to have produced more than twice the energy than the last record measurement in 1997 in a new experiment (Le Monde):
Scientists working at a European experimental facility in the UK claimed Wednesday (February 9th) that they have produced more energy from nuclear fusion than ever before. An alternative to the nuclear fission used in current power plants, nuclear fusion aims to reproduce what happens in the heart of the Sun and is considered by its supporters to be the energy of tomorrow, in particular because it produces little waste. – and much less radioactive than those from a conventional reactor – and no greenhouse gases.
A team from the Joint European Torus (JET), the world's largest fusion reactor, located near Oxford, has succeeded in generating 59 megajoules of energy from this process, more than doubling the previous record set in 1997, according to the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). The results "are the clearest demonstration on a global scale of the potential of fusion to provide sustainable energy," the same source said in a statement.
