Jet's Fusion Doughnut Breakthrough

There is a recent break through at the joint european tourus. Or jet a fusion research facility in the u k. Powering jets experiments in nuclear fusion. Is one of those tocomac nuclear reactors. It means taurus shaped chamber with a magnetic field. Now, i know that doesn't seem very long to you and i, but on a nuclear time scale, it's an eternity. And it also means we can achieve longer fusion reactions. Ok how much energy were they able to produce in those five seconds? That was another record for jet. They produced 59 megajewelsof energy, 59 megjuls - enough to boil 60 teapots worth of

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