Newsletter | 2004 December

• Remote Handling in 2004

  After several months of intensive in-vessel remote operations, all preparatory work in anticipation of installing the new diagnostic systems is now complete. Most recently completed were the remote welding of component rails in many areas of the vessel and JET’s first remote structural welding (Mig) of supports in Octant 7 which will [...]

• 2005 – UNESCO World Year of Physics

  Thanks to an initiative by the World Congress of Physical Societies in Berlin four years ago, 2005 is declared a World Year of Physics. In November 2003, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a resolution supporting this initiative. The main theme of the World Year of Physics is the celebration of the 100th Anniversary [...]

• Progress in understanding transport at JET

  The understanding of the physics of turbulent transport has made significant progress in recent years [1]. Regarding confinement in a next step device, however, our theoretical capabilities are not yet mature enough to corroborate or improve (with physics based modelling) the performance extrapolations obtained using global scaling laws. Several transport issues deserve careful [...]

• Bas Pease FRS 1922-2004

  Dr R S (Bas) Pease, Director of UKAEA Culham for twenty years, died in October 2004 after a short illness. Following a wartime Honours degree in Physics at Trinity College, Cambridge, he joined AERE Harwell in 1947, specialising in solid state physics and producing some of the classic work on radiation damage [...]

• Close Support Unit in Culham

  In August, Francis Sabathier from CEA joined the Department of Enhancements, Domenico Frigione from ENEA joined the Department of Programmes in September, and Marco de Baar from FOM joined the Department of Operations in October.

• Fusion Technology at JET

  In the framework of EFDA, the JET Fusion Technology Task Force (FT-TF) aims at contributing to the R&D programme of both JET and ITER by making use of the facilities and the relevant operating experience at JET. In the last four years, tasks – which involve several European laboratories – have been [...]

• IEA Large Tokamak Workshop

  EFDA JET organised the Third IEA Large Tokamak Workshop (W58) on the “Implementation of the ITPA Co-ordinated Research Recommendations” at Eynsham Hall near Oxford on 8-10 December. Directors and senior scientists from fusion research centres in Europe, USA, Japan, Korea and the Russian Federation – in total 25 participants – drew up [...]

• JET Events

  Sept 18 JET participates in UKAEA 50th Anniversary Sept 26 JET Cycle ride Sept 28 Visit of “Cycle de Formation Supérieure” from CEA France Sept 27 Visit of Prof. Martin C. E. Huber, President of EPS Oct 1 BBC Horizon filming at JET Oct 6 Public visit to JET during [...]

• JET Cycle Ride

  On Sunday 26th September, 25 riders set out on the 50 mile JET Cycle Ride in the JET neighbourhood: from Abingdon, through Didcot, Wantage and Oxford back to Abingdon. The weather was fine and in spite of eight punctures the event was a great success. Special thanks go to Clive [...]