Joint European Torus
Facility in Oxford
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| December 2023 | JET completed its final operations, with decommissioning expected to continue until 2040. |
| November 2023 | A petition was started asking that JET not be closed, with scientists expressing concerns about potential research and personnel gaps before ITER's operations. |
| October 2023 | JET set its final fusion energy record, producing 69.29 megajoules over 6 seconds from only 0.21 mg of D-T fuel. |
| October 2023 | Following the announcement of JET's closure at the IAEA conference in London, the group 'Scientists for JET' launched a petition calling for a review of the closure decision. |
| December 21 2021 | JET produced 59 megajoules using deuterium-tritium fuel during a five-second fusion pulse, breaking its previous 1997 record of 21.7 megajoules. |
| December 2020 | JET commenced an upgrade using tritium as part of its contribution to the ITER project. |
| December 2020 | A JET upgrade commenced using tritium, as part of its contribution to the ITER project. |
| March 2019 | UK Government and European Commission signed a contract extension for JET, guaranteeing operations until the end of 2024 despite Brexit uncertainties. |
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