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- From: Robert F. Heeter <rfheeter@princeton.edu>
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- Subject: Conventional Fusion FAQ Glossary Part 10/26 (J)
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- Summary: Fusion energy represents a promising alternative to
- fossil fuels and nuclear fission for world energy
- production. This Glossary is a compendium of Frequently Used
- Terms in Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Research. Refer
- to the FAQ on Conventional Fusion for more detailed info
- about topics in fusion research. This Glossary does NOT
- discuss unconventional forms of fusion (like Cold Fusion).
- X-Last-Updated: 1995/02/07
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- Archive-name: fusion-faq/glossary/j
- Last-modified: 4-Feb-1995
- Posting-frequency: More-or-less-quarterly
- Disclaimer: While this section is still evolving, it should
- be useful to many people, and I encourage you to distribute
- it to anyone who might be interested (and willing to help!!!).
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- ===============================================================
- Glossary Part 10: Terms beginning with "J"
-
- FREQUENTLY USED TERMS IN CONVENTIONAL FUSION RESEARCH
- AND PLASMA PHYSICS
-
- Edited by Robert F. Heeter, rfheeter@pppl.gov
-
- Guide to Categories:
-
- * = plasma/fusion/energy vocabulary
- & = basic physics vocabulary
- > = device type or machine name
- # = name of a constant or variable
- ! = scientists
- @ = acronym
- % = labs & political organizations
- $ = unit of measurement
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- The list of Acknowledgements is in Part 0 (intro).
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- JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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- # J: variable used to indicate current density
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- $ J: abbreviation for Joule; see entry
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- @ JET: Joint European Torus; see entry
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- @ JT-60, JT-60U: Japan Torus - 60 (Upgrade); see entry
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- > Janus: Early Inertial Confinement laser system at
- Livermore; used for one- and two-beam laser-target
- irradiation experiments in 1974 and 1975.
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- > Joint European Torus: Large tokamak next to the Culham
- Laboratory in Oxfordshire, England, commonly owned by the
- European Community. First reactor to achieve > 1 MW of fusion
- power, in 1991. Largest tokamak currently in operation (to the
- best of the editor's knowledge).
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- > JT-60: A large Japanese tokamak, located north of Tokyo.
- JT-60U is an "upgrade" to JT-60 now in operation.
- See also entry in Section 5.
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- $ Joule: SI unit of energy. 1 Joule = 1E7 ergs = 1 Watt of
- power occurring for one second. 1 Joule is roughly 0.001 BTU
- and 1 calorie is roughly 4 joules. There are 3.6 million joules
- in a kilowatt hour.
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- & Joule Heating: See ohmic heating
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