10 new countries
Major changes were afoot for EFDA ten years ago, as ten countries signed a treaty to join the European Union.
Lawson’s three criteria
In the fifties it seemed nearly impossible, but we are on the brink of creating the conditions for fusion power
14.1 mega-electron volts
At the heart of deuterium-tritium fusion is the neutron. Each fusion event produces neutrons with an enormous amount of energy – 14.1 megaelectron volts. This is a million times more energy than is produced by burning coal, and manifests itself in the speed of the neutrons, which leave the reaction [...]
36% of the electricity market for fusion
Modelling of the future global energy mix shows that fusion has a big role to play.
20 millionths of a millibar of gas
The pressure inside JET is 50 milllion times less than the atmosphere around us.
