Newsletter | 2004 May

• 25th Anniversary of Laying the JET Foundation Stone and 20th Anniversary of the JET Official Opening

  After a three year wait for the decision on where JET would be sited, JET was founded on the 1st of June 1978 by a decision of the European Council of Ministers. The laying of the first stone was performed on the 18th of May 1979 by Dr G. Brunner, commissioner of [...]

• JET History

  “In this business, you publish in steel and concrete.” Hans-Otto Wüster, the first JET director, in New Scientist, 20th May 1982 (Right) “Since assembly of the torus began in January this year it has progressed at an astonishing pace” Financial Times, 24th November 1982 JET history in dates 1971 Council of the European Community [...]

• JET Anniversary

  The 25th Anniversary of the Laying of the JET Foundation Stone and the 20th Anniversary of the Official Opening of JET are celebrated in Culham Science Centre on 20th May 2004. We are proud that the event is taking place under the Patronage of the European Commissioner for Research, M. Philippe Busquin: “Fusion is the European research programme [...]