Joint European Torus - Timeline

Timeline

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• 1973 - Beginning of design work
• 1977 - Culham site is chosen and the construction work begins
• 25 June 1983 - Very first plasma achieved at JET
• 9 April 1984 - JET officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
• 9 November 1991 - The world’s first controlled release of fusion energy
• 1993 - JET converted to Divertor configuration
• 1997 - JET produces 16 megawatts of fusion power (world record)
• 1998 - Remote Handling first used for in-vessel work
• 2000 - The collective use of JET and its scientific programme becomes managed through the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA)
• 2006 - JET starts operation with ITER-like magnetic configurations
• 2009-2011 Installation of the ITER-Like Wall