Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Korea's 'artificial sun' setting nuclear fusion records

A donut-shaped nuclear fusion reactor, 9 meters (30 feet) wide, 6 meters high and weighing 1,000 tons, welcomes visitors at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) in the central Korean city of Daejeon.

2023-02-24

Korean researchers develop way to sustain nuclear fusion

Researchers from Seoul National University (SNU) and the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) have developed a new way to sustain nuclear fusion for a long period of time. The research was reported in a study titled “A sustained ...

2022-09-08

Inspecting the star

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy inspect the interior of the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (Kstar) project at the organization’s headquarters in Daejeon on Wednesday

2021-01-27