Remote handling-JET experience

摘要

The Joint European Torus (JET) project was set up by Euratom in the late 1970s in order to study the Feasibility of controlled nuclear fusion. The experimen- Tal device has been operating since 1983 and comprises a Toroidal-shaped vacuum vessel in which high tempera- Ture plasma is created and controlled. Since the start of the project there has been a Requirement to design and prepare a remote handling System that could be used to maintain and repair the Torus during periods when radiation levels restricted Personnel access