Newsletter | 2001 December

• Publications

  Since the issue of the previous bulletin in June, several important international meetings and conferences have taken place with a large number of EFDA papers again being presented. The most notable progress from previous bulletin issues is, however, the significant increase of scientific journal papers reported. Results obtained during the campaigns C1 [...]

• A first set of Enhancements available for the 2002 experimental programme

  A first set of enhancement projects have been fully or partially completed during the 2001 shutdown and will allow significant progress in the scientific programme. Additional Neutral Beam Power will be available. Edge diagnostics capabilities will be much improved. Enhanced Core diagnostics should provide valuable information in the study of advanced modes [...]

• Highlights of Past Campaigns

  The main goal of advanced tokamak experiments is to obtain plasmas with fully non-inductive current, a necessary condition for steady-state fusion power. These experiments are based on plasmas with internal transport barriers (ITB) having large pressure gradients, leading to large values of self-generated bootstrap current. During 2000-2001 considerable time was devoted to this [...]

• The JET 2002 Experimental Programme

  Preparing and executing the campaigns C5 to C7 and analysing the experimental results is the responsibility of the six Task Forces S1, S2, E, M, H and D. In addition, a Transport Studies Task Force (T) coordinates transport analysis and proposes experiments for other Task Forces to execute. Task Force DT deals [...]

• Scientific Communicator Competition

  All collaborators of the EFDA-JET workprogramme were invited to participate in a competition to present their work to the general public. As scientists in general, and physicists in particular, face the problem of a knowledge gap between themselves and the general public, a special effort was asked to make a clear and [...]

• Christmas message from the EFDA Associate Leader for JET

  JET’s second year under EFDA is coming to a close: another year of achievements in both scientific and technological fields – and a year in which fusion achieved recognition from politicians and decision makers The successful collaboration of all the Associations in the JET scientific campaigns in 2000 and 2001 has been [...]

• VIP Visitors

  Some 800 visitors came to EFDA-JET from February to December this year. Notable visitors included the MEP Gerard Caudron, Rapporteur for the 6th Framework Programme in April, the European Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin (top) and the UK Government Chief Scientist Professor David King in June and the Canadian Science Minister (bottom) in August. [...]

• JET 2001 Shutdown Successfully Completed

  The eight-month shutdown on the JET tokamak has been successfully completed in preparation for the next experimental campaign starting February 2002. The vacuum vessel has been hermetically sealed and pumped down on 26 November after the re-installation of the Neutral Beam Centre Support Columns at Octants 4 and 8, installation of new [...]