Record fusion power.
Experiments carried out at the Joint European Torus - JET redirects here, at the article about the research experiment in nuclear physics; for other uses see Jet
JET, the Joint European Torus, is the largest nuclear fusion experimental reactor yet built. , situated near Oxford, England, have set a new world record for power generated in a nuclear fusion reactor. Using a mixture of deuterium deuterium (d tēr`ēəm), isotope of hydrogen with mass no. 2. The deuterium nucleus, called a deuteron, contains one proton and one neutron. and tritium tritium (trĭt`ēəm), radioactive isotope of hydrogen with mass number 3. The tritium nucleus, called a triton, contains one proton and two neutrons. It has a half-life of 12.5 years and decays by beta-particle emission. , the reactor reached a peak power of 13 megawatts (SN: 6/11/94, p. 381; 11/16/91, p. 308).
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