China’s ‘artificial sun’ gets ‘ultra-pure’ alloy boost for nuclear fusion super magnets
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China's researchers developed an "ultra-pure" domestic alloy to replace costly imports for their BEST nuclear fusion reactor's supermagnets, eliminating a strategic bottleneck. The breakthrough provides essential substrate material for the "artificial sun" project in Hefei, which aims to become humanity's first fusion reactor generating electricity when completed in 2027.
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