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Some 700 people attended celebrations for the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire which closed at the end of December 2023 after 40 years of operation. During the celebrations, the inventor of JET, Paul Henri-Rebut, received a standing ovation. The event, dedicated to the success of JET was attended by dignitaries, scientists, engineers, and other individuals who had worked at the facility through the ages.

Date: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsstanding-ovation-for-jet-inventor-at-celebration-event-11573617

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.

Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Remote-handling-upgrades-to-aid-decommissioning-of

The UK Atomic Energy Authority and the private Japanese fusion technology company Kyoto Fusioneering have signed an agreement which aims to advance tritium breeding blanket technology from its conceptual stage towards commercialisation.

Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kyoto-Fusioneering-and-UKAEA-sign-collaboration-ag

The UK’s Joint European Torus (JET) in Culham near Oxford, which closed at the end of December 2023 after 40 years of operation, “has demonstrated the ability to reliably generate fusion energy, whilst simultaneously setting a world-record in energy output”, according to the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjets-final-experiments-set-new-fusion-energy-record-11512349

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.

Date: Saturday, 10 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-world-record-set-in-JET-s-final-fusion-experim

Nine organisations have secured contracts worth £11.6m ($14.6bn) in total from United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to develop innovative technologies for fusion energy. The nine organisations have been awarded a total of 10 contracts and are a mix of start-ups, small-medium enterprises, established companies, and academia.

Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-awards-more-funding-for-fusion-as-jet-announces-technology-advance-11365559

Construction has started on the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-Demo Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) project in Granada, Spain. The facility will test materials for use in future fusion power reactors. Spain and Croatia are project leaders, with Spain funding 50% of all construction costs and 10% of operating costs, and Croatia responsible for 5% of each.

Date: Friday, 13 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconstruction-of-new-fusion-facility-begins-in-spain-11213452

Construction has started in Granada, Spain, of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-Demo Oriented Neutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) project. The facility will provide a fusion‐like neutron source for the qualification of the materials to be used in a fusion power plant.

Date: Friday, 13 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-of-fusion-materials-testing-facility

The US Department of Energy’s Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) programme has awarded US-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) three new grants to fund research & development projects with the University of California at Berkeley, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, and University of California at Los Angeles. The INFUSE award programme is intended to accelerate fusion energy development through public-private research partnerships.

Date: Thursday, 17 August 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscommonwealth-fusion-awarded-us-doe-grants-11076965

Seven companies and universities have been selected for GBP6.8 million (USD8.5 million) of contracts to take their work on digital engineering and fusion fuel requirements to 'proof of concept' stage by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

Date: Friday, 09 June 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UKAEA-awards-funding-focusing-on-fusion-fuel-requi