JET's DTE2 campaign releases 59 MJ in a single pulse
During the DTE2 deuterium-tritium campaign, JET released 59 MJ of fusion energy in a five-second pulse in December 2021, roughly tripling the single-pulse energy of the 1997 record. This was a record of total fusion energy released, not of energy gain; JET's Q did not exceed the 1997 value.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Joint European Torus (JET) · research facility · United Kingdom
- Tokamak (toroidal magnetic confinement) · confinement concept · not located
- Tritium · isotope · not located
Evidence
Verified — Every field is supported by a cited authoritative source.
JET's final fusion campaigns set a new energy record and hand ITER a legacy of irreplaceable data (DTE3)
JET's single-pulse fusion energy record, the DTE2 predecessor figure, and the date and pulse count at which JET operations ended
EUROfusion · 2024-02-08 · Verified
EUROfusion news release, euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/dte3record/; JET pulse #104522, 3 October 2023, 69.26 MJ over a 5.2 s discharge from ~0.2 mg of fuel, surpassing 59 MJ from DTE2 in December 2021; JET ceased plasma operations at the end of 2023 after 105,842 pulses
Recorded on Joint European Torus (JET)
- JET's DTE1 campaign sets the first deuterium-tritium fusion power record
- JET's DTE2 campaign releases 59 MJ in a single pulse
- NIF achieves target gain greater than unity for the first time
- JET ceases plasma operations after 105,842 pulses
- JET sets the single-pulse fusion energy record of 69.26 MJ
- ITER presents an updated project baseline to the ITER Council
- EAST sustains a high-confinement plasma for 1,066 seconds
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems' declared target for net energy gain at SPARC
- ITER's declared target date for the start of deuterium-tritium operation
Related
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- EAST sustains a high-confinement plasma for 1,066 seconds · 2025-01-20
- ITER presents an updated project baseline to the ITER Council · 2024-06-19
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems' declared target for net energy gain at SPARC · 2027
- ITER's declared target date for the start of deuterium-tritium operation · 2039
- JET sets the single-pulse fusion energy record of 69.26 MJ · 2023-10-03
- JET ceases plasma operations after 105,842 pulses · 2023-12
- NIF achieves target gain greater than unity for the first time · 2022-12-05
- JET's DTE1 campaign sets the first deuterium-tritium fusion power record · 1997