cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11354418

Dubbed the "artificial sun," the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) is under construction in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. The BEST facility represents one of China's major ventures into controlled nuclear fusion and is poised to attempt the world's first fusion energy power generation demonstration.

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bonus article: https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/cas-in-media/202604/t20260417_1157472.shtml (Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak under Construction in Hefei, China's Anhui)