Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:50 Gizmodo Environment A tokamak in France set a new record in fusion plasma by encasing its reaction in tungsten, a heat-resistant metal that allows physicists to sustain hot plasmas for longer, and at higher energies and densities than carbon tokamaks.Read more... Tags tungsten, Environment, magnetic confinement fusion, tokamaks, Sustainable Energy, West, lawrence livermore national laboratory, technology internet, luis delgado aparicio, princeton plasma physics laboratory, nuclear fusion, plasma facing material, xavier litaudon, fusion power Source New Fusion Record Achieved in Tungsten-Encased Reactor