Slovenian crowds get to the heart of ITER and JET
Ljubljana, Slovenia: A public lecture about fusion, including a live feed from JET and ITER, has lecture theatres overflowing.
Getting a Grip – Remote Handling at JET
There’s a new exhibit in EFDA’s Fusion Expo, the Remote Handling Experience. Host Dr Phil Dooley gets one of the remote handling professionals from JET, Tim Powell, to try it out. After showing how the demo should be done, Tim takes us to see the real Remote Handling control room [...]
The Mystery of the Sun – Children’s book on Fusion
A children’s story about the quest for fusion power. Two kids, Philip and Sophia, want to know what makes the sun shine – join them as they learn about all the different types of energy, especially nuclear fusion, which powers the sun. Filmed at JET, in Oxfordshire UK, the world’s [...]
Robots roam JET’s assembly hall
Students were thrilled to meet the professionals from the Remote Handling group during a practice session at JET.
Jacob’s Ladder – Controlling lightning
Jacob’s Ladder is a demonstration from Fusion Expo that creates a sustained discharge – effectively lightning – between two electrodes. This crackling spark writhing its way up the electrodes is one of the quintessential props from early sci-fi movies. This Jacob’s Ladder is from Fusion Expo and is demonstrated by [...]
Fusion Forces Roller Coaster
The Fusion Forces Roller Coaster is a demonstration from Fusion Expo that simulates the forces at play in a fusion reaction. The aim of the demonstration is to shoot two magnetic ball bearings toward each other and get them to stick. But they only get close enough to stick if [...]
Believing everything is possible
Egyptian school student Azza Faiad was inspired greatly by her week at JET – a prize she won in the EU Contest for young scientists.
Janis inspired by “hardcore” science
A student prizewinner from Latvia finds a visit to JET an illuminating experience.
Rimini Meeting
EFDA presented its flagship, the Joint European Torus, JET at the traditional Rimini Meeting.
