Late in 2025, the first JET inspection drone flights were taken - first in October as a derisking exercise in the JET in-vessel training facility, then in the JET assembly hall, and finally around the exterior of the JET torus itself in November.
The project brought together four parties, UKAEA’s RACE, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration (RAICo), ENI, and EniProgetti, supported by RINA. They jointly conducted the flights to gather safety inspection data, establish processes to support future inspections along the decommissioning journey and to understand the use of aerial drones for inspection of fusion facilities.
Late in 2025, the first JET inspection drone flights were taken - first in October as a derisking exercise in the JET in-vessel training facility, then in the JET assembly hall, and finally around the exterior of the JET torus itself in November.
The project brought together four parties, UKAEA’s RACE, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration (RAICo), ENI, and EniProgetti, supported by RINA. They jointly conducted the flights to gather safety inspection data, establish processes to support future inspections along the decommissioning journey and to understand the use of aerial drones for inspection of fusion facilities.