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Inside JET

Inside doughnut-ring shaped reactor of JET Joint European Torus

Inside the doughnut-ring shaped reactor of the JET. It is designed to heat hydrogen gas to a high-temperature plasma state. Control of the plasma is achieved with large magnetic fields.

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