Shutdown 2009/2010
Added July 26th, 2010 in Picture of the week
JET is currently undergoing a vast modifiaction. The picture is one of a series taken with a fixed installed camera overlooking the torus hall.
News
Week 39: Doing archaeological work
Added July 23rd, 2010 in Shutdown Weekly
At this time the vast majority of the existing carbon tiles have been removed. The attention has now turned to performing the photographic survey of the inside of the torus as the first-wall is exposed. The need to do this with the accuracy nowadays available is to confirm that all the new components to be installed will fit.
Open Evenings at the Culham Science Centre
Added July 18th, 2010 in Education, Picture of the week, Visits
The siblings Freddy (14) and Tom (12) are obviously fascinated by the sheer size of JET. Last Wednesday they joined one of the Open Evenings held on a regular basis at the Culham Science Centre.
Traveling half the globe
Added July 18th, 2010 in Education
The 19 year old High School student Jake Martin travelled half the globe from Auckland, New Zealand to Culham to redeem his prize – last week he looked behind the scenes of JET.
Week 38: Reliability comes with an effort
Added July 16th, 2010 in Shutdown Weekly
The high reliability of JET is achieved through insistence upon very high Quality Assurance requirements, similar to those needed for aircraft components.
The photograph shows some new water pipes that are being installed to bring cooling water to the new actively cooled duct liners.
Richard Tivey retires
Added July 12th, 2010 in Picture of the week
Richard Tivey is living proof of how international fusion research is. Richard’s leaving do at JET last week was joined by companions from the past and present in person and remotely [...]
Week 37: Pure nothingness
Added July 9th, 2010 in Shutdown Weekly
Helium gas is used for several reasons. The helium atoms are small and they easily pass through tiny holes. There is also very little helium present in normal air, and it is non-flammable and therefore safe to use. It also has the useful property that it is very light. It is familiar to most people [...]
Greetings from Dublin
Added July 4th, 2010 in Picture of the week
The teddy bear who is missing the scientists in the control room escaped and attended the 37th Conference on Plasma Physics organised by the European Physical Society (EPS).
Week 36: A huge amount of energy
Added July 2nd, 2010 in Shutdown Weekly
The Neutral Beam Enhancement project has been mentioned previously as part of the upgrade of the neutral beam injection system. This week’s picture shows the ‘blocking diodes’ which are part of the new power supplies for NBE. They have been installed in a first floor building above the water chilling plant adjacent to the J1H building.
In memory of Hans-Otto Wüster
Added June 27th, 2010 in Picture of the week
25 years ago, on June 30 1985, JET’s key management were stunned by the news of Hans Otto Wüster’s sudden death. Coming from CERN with profound managerial experience he became JET’s first director in 1978.
