What is Joint European Torus?
The '''Joint European Torus''', or '''JET''', was a [[Magnetic confinement fusion|magnetically confined]] [[Plasma (physics)|plasma physics]] experiment. It is at [[Culham Centre for Fusion Energy]] in [[Oxfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.euro-fusion.org/faq/top-twenty-faq/how-much-power-is-needed-to-start-the-reactor-and-to-keep-it-working/ |title=How much power is needed to start the reactor and to keep it working? |website=EUROfusion}}</ref> It ran between 1983 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JET history|url=https://euro-fusion.org/devices/jet/jet-history/|access-date=2024-07-27|website=EUROfusion|language=en-US}}</ref> Between 2009 and 2011, JET was shut down to rebuild many of its parts. On 21 December 2021, JET produced 59 [[joules|megajoules]] during a five-second pulse, beating its last 1997 record of 21.7 megajoules.<ref>{{cite web |title=European researchers achieve fusion energy record |url=https://www.euro-fusion.org/news/2022/european-researchers-achieve-fusion-energy-record/ |website=www.euro-fusion.org |date=9 February 2022 |access-date=9 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:February 2022 events]] [[Category:December 2021 events]] [[Category:Physics experiments]] [[Category:2021 in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Oxfordshire]] [[Category:2022 in the United Kingdom]] {{physics-stub}}