LIVE TELECAST FOR World Children's Day: Unveil the future artificial sun with scientists from China and Russia on November 20!
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BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
An announcement from Science and Technology Daily | IUSTC:
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The phrase "energy crises" is no stranger to people. But, how serious are these
crises?
Eighty five percent of the energy people use, including coals, fossil oil and
natural gas, comes from fossils. An estimate reveals that humans will face the
exhaustion of coals within roughly 200 years. Also, no more natural gas will be
available to humans in 57 to 65 years. The impending crisis is that all fossil
oil will be used up by sometime around 2050.
To make things worse, fossil fuels have led to heavy pollution. The haze is a
glaring example.
But, even clean energies, including wind energy, solar energy and tidal
energy, do not spare humanity worries. Because they are costly and not
power-generative enough.
If humans were to find a safe, clean, efficient and inexhaustible energy, would
energy crises disappear?
They would! Because there is nuclear fusion.
Infinite curiosity, intensive research and scientists' in-depth observations of
the sun, a huge nuclear fusion device in the universe, have revealed to
scientists that the energy of the sun comes from the continuous nuclear fusion
reactions inside it. This brings them to a bold hypothesis: By polymerizing
hydrogen isotopes into helium, inexhaustible fusion energy will be released.
The simulation of the sun's energy production process will gradually make an
artificial sun a creation, rather than an imagination written in children's
rhymes.
So, what is nuclear fusion? How do scientists simulate the process in which the
sun generates energy? What difficulties await scientists before an artificial
sun is created? When can we use energy generated from nuclear fusion reactions?
As the Sino-Russian year of technological innovations approaches, a surprise
will be given to children in China and Russia on November 20, 2020, the World
Children's Day, as part of the situation-based program on the development of
teenagers' scientific literacy by experts. Scientists from both countries will
be invited to elaborate on the artificial sun and on the hard realization of
controllable nuclear fusion.
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The innovations behind the donut-shaped device by scientists from both
countries
Tokomak, a donut-shaped vessel realizing controllable nuclear fusion with
magnetic confinement, is the most widely-used artificial sun to date. China and
Russia have long worked and progressed together in nuclear fusion. As a fruit
of the wisdom of the scientists from both countries, Tokomak has witnessed the
friendship between the two countries. Wu Weiyue, a researcher at the Institute
of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will give a detailed
introduction on T-7, the first superconductive Tokamak device given to us by
Kurchatov Institute after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and tell the
touching stories of cooperation behind it.
Tokamak devices were first invented by Moscow-based Kurchatov Institute in the
1950s. We have the privilege to invite Alexandre Yevgenivich Bragov, director
of the National Research Center of Kurchatov Institute, to this session to tell
us about the cooperation between our countries on innovations.
Tokamak devices is one of the state-of-art international open platforms among
magnetic confinement-based fusion devices around the globe, and always a
paradigm in international technological cooperation. The scientists from both
countries will also elaborate on the latest advancements in nuclear fusion. The
year 2020-2021 is the Sino-Russian year of technological innovations, and the
first national theme year after the new era of the bilateral relations is
ushered in. It is also a significant strategic move in technological
cooperation for both countries. We believe that the light of fusion will be lit
early with the efforts of the scientists in both countries.
EAST, an upgraded Tokamak: One more step to the creation of the artificial sun
EAST, The superconductive ring from the east, is the first fully
superconductive magnetically-confined fusion device built autonomously by
Chinese scientists alone. Qian Jinping, deputy director of Tokamak Physics
Laboratory at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
will unveil the strengths in this upgraded, more powerful version of Tokamak .
The host will also take you to the technicians involved in the EAST project,
showing you how they work the magic.
Little question-raisers unveiling the huge device
Good questions are starting points to explorations and keys to the doors of
knowledge.
Q&A sessions are especially arranged for the teenagers in both countries during
this lecture. "Will this artificial sun explode?" "How does this sun store its
energy?" " Will this artificial sun heat the earth up?" Questions like these
and the interactions between children and the scientists will give a clearer
picture of this huge, mysterious scientific device in adults' eyes, to children.
Also, gifts and wishes will be exchanged online between children in the two
countries to make the Sino-Russian friendship last long.
Let's unveil this artificial sun together at 14:00 on November 20, 2020!
Scan the QR code below and watch the live telecast
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