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Paul-Henri Rebut started his research on nuclear fusion with the Commissariat à l"énergie atomique (Center for Educational Affairs) in 1958 after having studied physics at the École polytechnique, Paris and the Ecole des Poudres.
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Paul Rebut
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From 1970 to 1973, he contributed to the creation of TFR. In 1973, he was appointed as head of the design team for Joint European Torus, at the Culham laboratory, near to Oxford. In 1979, he was appointed deputy director at Joint European Torus, in charge of its construction, operation and development. He was made director of Joint European Torus in September 1985.
Under his direction, Joint European Torus made a major contribution to research into nuclear fusion, including the first demonstration in November 1991 of a significant quantity of fusion energy originating from a thermonuclear magnetically confined plasma.
From 1992 to 1994 he became the director of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Design Activities, based in San Diego, United States of America. 1978 Chevalier de l"Ordre national du Mérite.
