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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh and how do we capture said multi thousand deg helium?

By cooling down the air that contains it until it's liquid, then distilling that. Actually a standard process though usually you freeze down natural gas not just random air, it's quite helium-rich.