Joint European Torus; large-scale experiment for controlled nuclear fusionSee 'fusion'.; Culham, England. In 1991, it was possible for the first time in the history of fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... research to release considerable energyAbility to do work or diffuse heat. The unit of energy is th... by controlled nuclear fusionSee 'fusion'. using the JET. For a periodreactor period of two seconds, the facility generated a fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... power of 1.8 megawattMillion times the power unit of watt (W), symbol: MW. 1 MW =.... In 1997 the JET generated a fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... energyAbility to do work or diffuse heat. The unit of energy is th... of 14 megajoules at a record fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... power of 13 megawatts with a fuelSee 'nuclear fuel'. mixture consisting of equal parts of deuteriumHydrogen isotope with a nucleus containing a neutron and a p... and tritiumRadioactive isotope of hydrogen with two neutrons and a prot.... An important measure of this success is also the ratio of fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... power output to heating input, which with 65 percent was more than twice the value achieved until that time.
Essential JET data:
– Large plasmaElectrically neutral gas mixture of ions, electrons and neut... radius 2.96 m,
– Small radii 1.25m horizontal/2.10 m vertical
– Magnetic field 3.4 teslas,
– PlasmaElectrically neutral gas mixture of ions, electrons and neut... flow 3.2-4.8 megaamperes,
– PlasmaElectrically neutral gas mixture of ions, electrons and neut... heating 50 megawatts,
– PlasmaElectrically neutral gas mixture of ions, electrons and neut... temperature 250 million °C.