핵융합 연구 20여 년 만에 독립...20년 뒤 '청정 전기' 생산<br /><br />It's been some 20 years since South Korea began its nuclear fusion research, ...with aims to create an artificial sun on earth.<br />Recent successes from the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy have resulted in requests for cooperation from interested global partners.<br />Park Se-young has more.<br />Researchers are busy preparing for a nuclear fusion experiment requested by the U.S., ...which utilizes South Korea's KSTAR magnetic fusion device.<br />After the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy set a global record by maintaining a super-thermal plasma temperature of one-hundred million degrees for 20 seconds, ...researchers from around the world have been making requests for cooperative research.<br />"KSTAR is optimized for plasma conditions. It's the only one to study the conditions where fusion reactions take place."<br />It's been some 20 years since South Korea began nuclear fusion research, ...with the goal of creating an artificial sun on earth.<br />After carrying out research at annex institutes, the KFE recently became an independent agency.<br />With the goal of realizing nuclear fusion energy, ...Korea is participating in the International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor project with six other countries.<br />"We're achieving more than 70 percent of our goals from an energy production perspective. We need a stepping stone technology to turn energy into electricity."<br />By 2040, the researchers plan to develop a demonstration reactor that produces electricity using fusion energy.<br />Park Se-young, Arirang News.<br />
