New Fusion Energy World Record at JET | Press Conference Highlights

On 8 February 2024, EUROfusion, in collaboration with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), proudly announced a new world record for the highest amount of fusion energy ever produced in a single experiment at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility. Panel members: • Ambrogio Fasoli, Programme Manager (CEO) of EUROfusion • Ian Chapman, CEO of UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) • Tim Luce, Deputy Head of ITER Construction Project • Athina Kappatou, former Deputy Task Force Leader for the EUROfusion Work Package Tokamak Exploitation (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany) • Joëlle Mailloux, Head of JET Science Programme Support Office (UKAEA) • Mikhail Maslov, Scientific Coordinator – JET Tritium-rich High Fusion Power Experiments (UKAEA)