I’m confused – How do we contain fusion reactions with the temperatures involved

Question

How did the Koreans and others manage to contain something for 48 seconds that’s X hotter than the sun? I appreciate this is in a ‘tokamak’ but how can any electronics or controls survive this inside the reactor at those temperatures?

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Answer 1

The gasses involved are IONIZED, and having an electric charge means the reactor can manipulate the gasses with a magnetic field. So the “hotter than the sun” stuff never touches anything, it’s floating in a magnetic field.