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Ian Chapman, CEO, UKAEA, meets HRH Princess Astrid of BelgiumNews

Princess Astrid of Belgium talks fusion energy at UKAEA

Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium discovered how fusion energy could play a key role in addressing climate change following a tour of the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s world-leading science centre in Oxford. Representative of His Majesty the King,…
Kelly Lea
May 11, 2022
Interior of JET with a superimposed plasmaFocus onNews

Fusion energy record demonstrates powerplant future

Landmark results from EUROfusion scientists and engineers at world-leading UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Oxford Record-breaking 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy demonstrates powerplant potential and strengthens case for ITER Fusion energy is crucial in…
Curtis Woodley
February 9, 2022
JET photo by Alastair Philip WiperNews

The unintended beauty of science

Detail of the JET machine by Alastair Philip Wiper JET is featured in a fascinating new book full of photos capturing some of the best scientific projects across the world. Unintended Beauty, by Denmark-based photographer Alastair Philip Wiper, is an…
Nick Holloway
May 1, 2020
JET tokamakNews

Record heating power achieved on JET

Record neutral beam powers of 30.8 megawatts were last week injected into a plasma on the JET tokamak at Culham. The new record was achieved during tests preparing the plasma scenarios required for JET's deuterium-tritium experiments in 2020, which aim…
Nick Holloway
November 14, 2019