JET
- Country: UK
- Role: Fusion
- Status: Shut Down
- Year: 1983
Overview
The Joint European Torus at Culham, the most successful fusion device to date, which produced a record 69 megajoules of fusion energy in its final deuterium tritium campaign in early 2024 after 40 years of operation. The machine was shut in December 2023 and decommissioning follows.
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