Newsletter | 2005 September

• Professor K R Sreenivasan and Dr C Tuniz visit JET

  Professor K R Sreenivasan (Director) and Dr C Tuniz (Special Adviser to the Director) from The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy visited the JET facilities on 22nd July 2005. Teaching of Plasma Physics was discussed in the context of the large fusion projects such as JET and ITER.

• Getting ready for new experiments with a reinforced scientific capability

  On 7 July 2005, the JET vessel pumpdown concluded a shutdown period that included the installation of more than 20 new systems. This is the most extensive JET Enhancement Programme under EFDA and it will deliver many new scientific results. The new divertor configuration (see the photograph above) installed on JET is [...]

• Dr Fidel Castro Diaz Balart visits JET

  Dr Fidel Castro Diaz Balart, the Scientific Adviser to the President of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba visited JET, as part of his visit to the UK with the aim of identifying ways in which to enhance UK/Cuban cooperation in scientific development. Dr Fidel Castro Diaz Balart showed a great interest in fusion [...]

• JET/Culham Cricket Match

  Sunday, 7th August 2005 at Clifton Hampden Cricket Ground. This year the Clifton Hampden Cricket Ground was again the venue for the annual JET/Culham Cricket match. The aim of this event is as always twofold, to have an enjoyable time and more importantly to teach “continentals” how to play a proper sport, the [...]

• JET Enhancements in 2004 – 2005

  Core Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy A new periscope, faster CCD cameras and two new spectrometers will increase the availability of ion temperature profile, toroidal rotation velocity and impurity density measurements and improve signal to noise ratio. Mark II HD (High Delta) Divertor New tilted tiles will accommodate high power plasma discharges with ITER-like triangularity. Bolometry System [...]

• Drawing Fusion

  Mrs Jane Corbett, artist in residence at the Culham Science Centre, has been running over the summer open drawing workshops. Staff at Culham has been invited to draw the fusion reaction and possible future energy sources. These have attracted a lot of interest and some exciting work was produced.

• Close Support Unit in Culham

  In July, Richard Kamendje from TU Graz (Association EURATOM-ÖAW) joined CSU as Scientific Assistant to the EFDA Associate Leader for JET. In September, Martin Laxåback from the Alfvén laboratory (Association EURATOM-VR) joined the CSU Programme Department.