HEFEI, China --- A ground-breaking fusion reactor built by Chinese scientists is underscoring Beijing's determination to be at the core of clean energy technology, as it eyes a fully-functioning plant by 2050. Sometimes called an "artificial sun" for the sheer heat and power it produces, the doughnut-shaped Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) that juts out on a spit of land into a lake in eastern Anhui province, has notched up a succession of firsts. Most recently in November, it became the first facility in the world to generate 100 million degrees Celsius (212 million Fahrenheit) -- six times as hot as the sun's core. Such mind-boggling temperatures are crucia...
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