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Last year, we proudly launched the inaugural Nuclear News 40 Under 40 list to shine a spotlight on the exceptional young professionals driving the nuclear sector forward as the nuclear community faces a dramatic generational shift. We weren’t sure how a second list would go over, but once again, our members resoundingly answered the call, confirming what we already knew: The nuclear community is bursting with vision, talent, and extraordinary dedication.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1375-1385
Machine Upgrades and Next-Generation Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24922
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Three years have passed since the Joint European Torus (JET) started operation in June 1983. Phase I of the scientific programme, devoted to ohmic heating studies, has been completed. Phase II, devoted to additional heating studies started in January 1985. From the technical point of view JET has been entirely successful: indeed the plasma current, an important figure of merit for a tokamak, has reached 5.1 MA for 3s, (exceeding the design value of 4.8 MA). Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating has added up to 6 MW to the plasma and Neutral Beam Injection has added up to 10 MW. The energy confinement time in ohmic discharges has reached 0.8s; but degradation has been observed with additional heating. Recently, combined heating (Padd up to 14.5 MW) allowed achievement of ion and electron temperatures of −7.5 keV at densities of ∼3 − 1019 m−3. Several proposals for improvements of the JET scientific performance are reported in the paper and summarised in the new development programme.
