China May Be Ready to Use Nuclear Fusion for Power by 2050 – China aims to commercialize nuclear fusion technology for use in emissions-free power generation by 2050, according to the country’s state-owned atomic company.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-may-ready-nuclear-fusion-023752498.html
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China National Nuclear Corp., which runs an experimental device dubbed the ‘artificial sun’, could start commercial operation of its first power generation project about five years after a demonstration phase starting around 2045, it said in a media briefing on Friday.
The Asian nation has recently stepped up its ambitions in achieving nuclear fusion, a process by which the sun and other stars generate energy and that is considered a near-infinite form of clean energy. It is notoriously difficult to carry out in a sustained and usable manner and only a handful of countries like the US, Russia and South Korea have managed to crack the basics.
They’re also on the [Entity List](https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/documents/regulations-docs/federal-register-notices/federal-register-2019/2435-84-fr-40237/file) since 2019, which is nice.
>China **May Be** Ready to Use Nuclear Fusion for Power by 2050
Neat. I **may be** able to turn mosquitos into unicorns by 2043.
A lot of AI is at work into this area from several research centers. This is one area where we might see the fruits of that labor in a big way. It wouldn’t surprise me if even sooner than that, assuming the world makes it through these chaotic times peacefully. Totally plausible.
Like every goal in China, they will most likely reach that figure well ahead of time. Did someone check the level of progress in science and tech in past 5yrs? It’s only likely to get faster.
It’s amazing how much pro-china propaganda there is in this sub.
See what happened in the world in the last 25 days and imagine what could lie down for the next 25 years.