The Joint European Torus facility, or JET, produced just over 69 megajoules of heat.
It sometimes seems like a fata morgana, hovering on the horizon, just out of reach.
Looks like the DOE will need to update its website.
Inside the JET tokamak.Photo:Wikimedia Commons
Tokamaks and stellarators generate magnetic fields to confine a plasma to catalyze fusion.
The NIF blasted high-powered lasers at a peppercorn-sized pellet, inducing fusion in the target.
Over its 40 years of operations, the facility set multiple records, clearly saving the best for last.
An illustration of the JET structure exterior.Illustration:Wikimedia Commons
And it would be a particularly beautiful irony if the spunky project named JET helped get us there.
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