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Nowhere in the article is said that they actually achieved these temperatures. This is poor journalism at its worst
It's the very next paragraph... not to mention the very FIRST paragraph...
What more do you want?
edit: The article talks about a sustained plasma reaction, not a fusion reaction. I agree that this could have been made clearer. Even in quoting it, I missed that
I think they're trying to say that this reactor sustained a plasma reaction, but not a fusion one. By describing fusion and then talking about this successful test without outlining the difference, it makes the test seem more successful than it was.
Thanks, you're right. I missed that.