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Hundreds of former staff gathered to mark the achievements of the Joint European Torus (JET) in progressing nuclear fusion. The project has been a positive example of international collaboration, those attending were told, and the European Union hopes the UK will rejoin its Euratom and Fusion4Energy programme from 2028.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 01 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Could-UK-rejoin-Euratom-in-2028
The Remote Handling Control Room at the Joint European Torus in Culham, near Oxford in the UK, has undergone a significant upgrade, making it one of the most advanced robotics and remote handling systems in the world.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Remote-handling-upgrades-to-aid-decommissioning-of
The Joint European Torus (JET) produced the largest amount of energy achieved in a fusion experiment during its final round of deuterium-tritium experiments, breaking its own record set in 2021.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 10 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-world-record-set-in-JET-s-final-fusion-experim
The Joint European Torus (JET) at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) Culham facility has performed its final experiments, marking the end of 40 years of groundbreaking experiments. JET delivered pulse number 105,842 on 18 December over four decades after it delivered its first pulse on 25 June 1983. UKAEA CEO, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, who was present for the final plasma experiment, said: “This is the final milestone in JET’s 40-year history. Those decades of research using JET by dedicated teams of scientists and engineers have played a critical role in accelerating the development of fusion energy.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjet-to-be-repurposed-after-delivering-final-plasma-11405916
The UK-based Joint European Torus (JET) fusion facility at Culham near Oxford has played a vital role in the development of fusion energy. However, at the end of 2023 JET will be repurposed ready for decommissioning, which will last until around 2040. The first experiment in the world with a deuterium-tritium fuel mix took place at JET in 1991. Subsequent experiments have achieved higher energy yields, and the site holds the world record for the most energy produced from a fusion experiment - 59 megajoules (MJ) during a five-second pulse.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 19 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsexperiments-end-at-jet-after-40-years-11228413
Opening the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 29th Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2023) in London, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi began by wishing a happy 40th anniversary to the Joint European Torus (JET) which operates at Culham near Oxford. Jet was “the first tritium experiment in Europe, breaker of scientific records, producer of generations of accomplished scientists and engineers, and a true magnet for international collaboration,” he said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-29th-fusion-energy-conference-attracts-2000-participants-11224380
The UK Government announced that UK researchers can now apply for grants and bid to take part in projects under Europe’s Horizon science R&D programme. The UK will be participating as a fully associated member for the remaining life of the programme to 2027. UK membership. The announcement also stated that the UK will associate to Copernicus, the European Union’s (EU's) Earth observation programme. However, it will not associate to the Euratom Research & Training programme (Euratom R&T) and by extension, the Fusion for Energy (F4E) Programme although there is an agreement to cooperate specifically on nuclear fusion.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-joins-europes-horizon-and-copernicus-programmes-11140492
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) to co-operate in research and development for remote handling and the maintenance of future power plants. The aim is to make fusion part of the world’s future energy supply.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-to-partner-with-the-korea-institute-of-fusion-energy-10714578
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in research and development for remote handling and the maintenance of future fusion power plants.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/British-Korean-partnership-for-fusion-robotics
Experiments conducted at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) Joint European Torus (JET) in Culham have managed to achieve “clean” plasma by creating a heat barrier.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsclean-plasma-demonstrated-at-jet-10636106