Following the completion of extensive enabling works, MASCOT has re-entered JET for the first time in nearly a decade.
Since MASCOT last provided a close-up view of JET’s first wall, UKAEA and EUROfusion have undertaken two high-powered deuterium-tritium campaigns, including setting multiple world records.
UKAEA is now at the start of decommissioning JET, and the first work package was a high-definition photographic survey of the tokamak’s interior to identify and record the impact of the thousands of plasma pulses over the last few years.
There are several more significant projects between now and the end of the year.
The first is a collaboration with UKAEA’s EUROfusion partners, using a laser to measure the absorption of tritium and other elements into tiles and components.
This will be followed by the removal of approximately 60 tiles and components for further analysis both at Culham Campus and at EUROfusion facilities. This analysis will then both inform the development of the JDR programme workflow, and provide insight into suitable materials to be used in future fusion machines.
In addition, a number of diagnostic calibrations will be carried out inside the vessel.
JET’s remote handling system will be removed at the end of 2024 for further upgrades to be carried out before decommissioning begins in earnest.
Following the completion of extensive enabling works, MASCOT has re-entered JET for the first time in nearly a decade.
Since MASCOT last provided a close-up view of JET’s first wall, UKAEA and EUROfusion have undertaken two high-powered deuterium-tritium campaigns, including setting multiple world records.
UKAEA is now at the start of decommissioning JET, and the first work package was a high-definition photographic survey of the tokamak’s interior to identify and record the impact of the thousands of plasma pulses over the last few years.
There are several more significant projects between now and the end of the year.
The first is a collaboration with UKAEA’s EUROfusion partners, using a laser to measure the absorption of tritium and other elements into tiles and components.
This will be followed by the removal of approximately 60 tiles and components for further analysis both at Culham Campus and at EUROfusion facilities. This analysis will then both inform the development of the JDR programme workflow, and provide insight into suitable materials to be used in future fusion machines.
In addition, a number of diagnostic calibrations will be carried out inside the vessel.
JET’s remote handling system will be removed at the end of 2024 for further upgrades to be carried out before decommissioning begins in earnest.