Upgrades make JET’s Remote Handling capabilities one of the most advanced in the world
Upgrades implemented in the Remote Handling Control Room at JET have transformed it into one of the most advanced robotics and remote handling systems globally.
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Watch iconic fusion energy machine’s 100,000th ‘pulse’
Iconic fusion energy machine JET – which reaches controlled temperatures 10 times hotter than the core of the sun – completed its 100,000th live pulse last night.
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West Burton selected as home of STEP fusion plant
Government-backed programme aims to prove low carbon electricity from fusion.
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World’s fusion energy community gathers in Oxford
The UK and Oxford will become the epicentre of the global fusion community this week as hundreds of scientists and engineers gather to progress fusion energy powerplant development.
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£12M UK-Japan robotics deal
Britain and Japan have signed a research and technology deployment collaboration to help automate nuclear decommissioning and aspects of fusion energy production.
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£3 million nuclear robotics contract is first tranche in LongOps UK-Japan deal
UKAEA has awarded Veolia Nuclear Solutions (UK) and Wälischmiller Engineering GmbH separate contracts totalling £3 million to supply robotic manipulator arms to its RACE research facility.