Early this year, Joint European Torus (JET) JET is a fusion energy tokamak device based in Oxfordshire, UK. British Atomic Energy Agency. When powered up, her 150 million degree plasma, hotter than the center of the sun, races around the reactor’s core.
After decades of research, JET is scheduled to close. But as we discovered on our recent visit, this reactor is making great strides toward fusion power generation, paving the way for the next generation of nuclear reactors.
JET is the only fusion machine that can operate using tritium in its fuel mixture and has provided valuable experimental data. International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a next-generation tokamak currently under construction near Marseille, France. The goal is for ITER to produce 10 times more energy than it puts into it, potentially bringing it closer to the promise of a clean, unlimited energy source. Join Alex Wilkins as he explores his JET and gains insight into the future of fusion.
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