New earth fusion energy record

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It was announced two days ago that the JET tokamak, at Culham near Abingdon, produced two and a half times the amount of fusion energy obtained during a previous trial in 1997. It provides test evidence that the more advanced tokamak, called ITER, being built in the South of France, is worthwhile.

JET’s tokamak reactor has atoms of deuterium and tritium at the center. These isotopes of hydrogen (having one and two additional neutrons respectively), are heated to temperatures (10 x the Sun’s centre) to fuse them into helium atoms. This reaction releases a huge amount of energy.

There is more information with videos at https://ccfe.ukaea.uk/fusion-energy-record-demonstrates-powerplant-future/.

The picture from Abingdon Museum has some information about atomic research happening at Harwell and Culham.

No new bridge over the Ock

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I went for a walk along the River Ock to see if anybody had built a new bridge. It did not seem very likely but somebody had seen something on facebook and that is how rumor’s start. A bridge had been proposed when the brewery was redeveloped but the residents didn’t want it.

Somebody had been building a stick teepee.

There was a fallen tree, and some stepping trunk segments.
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Here are a couple of Muntjac, quite safe because there is no bridge.

Information Boards that need updating

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The town maps, produced as a Choose Abingdon project, look out of date. The original maps were designed digitally so they could be updated.

At least four things have changed in this section, and a spider has got stuck under the glass.

The information board outside the Abbey Gardens has come unstuck. It was probably created by VWHDC (Vale of White Horse District Council), being so close to their park. There is another information board nearby that is part of the Heart of Abingdon Heritage Trail.