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The pioneering Joint European Torus (JET) has performed its final fusion research experiments just over four decades after it delivered its first pulse on 25 June 1983.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 December 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/JET-retires-after-40-years-and-105,842-pulses
Using Electron Beam Welding (EBW), the company weld-joined two 200mm-thick, 3-metre diameter vessel sections in UK small modular reactor nuclear grade steel, describing it as a breakthrough in the industrialisation of EBW for thick-section materials.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sheffield-Forgemasters-claim-welding-breakthrough