Nuclear fusion breakthrough: British reactor sets a new world record after releasing

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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: British reactor sets a new world record after releasing 69 megajoules of energy for five seconds - taking the world closer towards 'limitless clean energy'
By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 06:27 EST, 9 February 2024 | UPDATED: 07:31 EST, 9 February 2024
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* Joint European Torus near Oxford is one of the most powerful fusion machines
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After more than 40 years, Britain's nuclear reactor is still setting records.

In its latest round of experiments, the Joint European Torus (JET), located in Culham, Oxfordshire, released a total of 69 megajoules of energy over five seconds.

Although not a huge energy output, it's a world record and offers promise for a future of nuclear energy to power people's homes.

JET, which was built back in the late 1970s, contains swirling plasma heated to 150 million kelvin - 10 times hotter than the centre of the sun.

At such temperatures, hydrogen atoms fuse into helium, releasing sustainable energy in the process that could put an end to fossil fuels.

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Joint European Torus (JET, pictured) was built on an industrial estate outside Oxford in 1978 - and now it has achieved a new world record by releasing a total of 69 megajoules of energy.

JET began operations in 1983 but is now set to be decommissioned, having concluded its scientific operations at the end of December.

JET was built as a research facility to demonstrate the promising potential of nuclear fusion to produce power.

But it could be a forefather to nuclear fusion power plants around the world that supply power directly to the grid and electricity to people's homes.

Fusion power plants could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power-generation sector, by diverting away from the use of fossil fuels like coal and gas.

It's called the Holy Grail of Clean Energy
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If nuclear fusion experiments can be harnessed on a much larger scale, reactors hotter than anything else in the solar system will provide limitless clean energy. Tokamak Energy is a private company based at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire

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The UKAEA announced the Joint European Torus (JET), the largest and most powerful operational reactor called a tokamak, had produced a world record total of 59 megajoules of heat energy from fusion over a five second period.

The British facility, said to cost £20-30 million per year to run, is seen as a predecessor to the $22.5 billion (£15.9 billion) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built in France.

'JET's final fusion experiment is a fitting swansong after all the groundbreaking work that has gone into the project since 1983,' said UK Minister for Nuclear and Networks Andrew Bowie.

'We are closer to fusion energy than ever before thanks to the international team of scientists and engineers in Oxfordshire.'

JET's new energy record was set using just 0.2 milligrams of fuel – about the same weight as a single grain of pollen.

But the resulting energy output (69 megajoules) is enough to heat the water to make around 600 cups of tea.

It also beats its own previous record of 59 megajoules set more than two years ago.

If ran continuously at 69 megajoules, it would be able to provide power to approximately 12,000 households on an ongoing basis.

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