PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Richard Wilkins is tightening a cable on a high voltage corona ring. During the shutdown JET’s high voltage power supplies are being upgraded …
Shutdown Weekly
Week 15: Believe it or not
"Shutdown" in JET terms means to close the experiment down periodically to maintain and upgrade the fusion device. After this period experiments are going to be performed leading to better understanding of how to built and operate JET′s successor ITER. ShutdownWeekly keeps you informed and week by week will highlight the most exciting aspects. The current shutdown started on 26 October 2009. It is the fifth to be carried out remotely since commissioning JET in 1983. During the shutdown 86,000 components will be changed inside the JET torus.
News
Italian parliament positive about fusion
Last Friday Fusion experts have been asked to give their view on fusion research to the Italian parliament. According to the announcement on the Senate’s webpage “Fusion could radically change the way in which we produce energy and consequently the way we live.”