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Detailed explanation-1: -China’s Artificial Sun Just Broke a Record for Longest Sustained Nuclear Fusion. In a new world record, China’s “artificial sun” project has sustained a nuclear fusion reaction for more than 17 minutes, reports Anthony Cuthbertson for the Independent.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Of the more than 30 fusion companies in the world, two-thirds are based in the U.S., and most were founded in the last decade, ” the White House said.

Detailed explanation-3: -China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor, or “artificial sun, ” has set a new world record by maintaining 70 million degrees Celsius (126 million °F) for 1, 056 seconds – more than 17 minutes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Physicists from South Korea have discovered an artificial source of clean nuclear energy by initiating a strong nuclear reaction that produced temperatures seven times higher than the Sun. This discovery of creating an “artificial Sun” represented a significant advance in their study, said a report from New York Post.

Detailed explanation-5: -Scientists from Seoul National University and the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy have made a major breakthrough in their pursuit of clean nuclear energy by creating an ‘artificial sun’ at the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) reactor.