Paul-Henri Rebut

Paul-Henri Rebut (* 1936 ) is a French plasma physicist who works in fusion research .

Rebut studied from 1955 at the École polytechnique and in 1957 at the École nationale supérieure des poudres . In 1966 he received his doctorate (Doctorat d'Etat). His involvement with fusion research began in 1958 at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA). 1970 to 1973 he was significantly involved in the French tokamak of Fontenay-aux-Roses (TFR). In 1973 he became head of the design team of the Joint European Torus (JET) in Culham and in 1979 he became the JET's deputy director responsible for design, operation and development. 1985 to 1992 he was director of the JET in Culham as the successor to Hans-Otto Wüster . Under his leadership, JET delivered a convincing demonstration of the generation of power plant fusion energy (1.8 MW for 2 seconds) in a tokamak for the first time in 1991 for a short time.

From 1992 to 1994 he was head of the design team for the ITER in San Diego . In 1998 he returned to France and was advisor to the High Commissioner for Atomic Energy until 2004 and advised the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) from 2000 to 2004 , which was founded in 1992 and is intended to involve former Russian nuclear weapons scientists in civil research. He is also a regular advisor to ITER in the late 2000s.

In 1978 Paul-Henri Rebut was made Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite and in 1984 Knight of the Legion of Honor . He is a member of the Académie des sciences and received the Hannes Alfvén Prize in 2006 . In 1981 he received the Prix ​​Jean Ricard .

literature

• Brian E. Keen, Rebut The JET Experiment - evolution, present status and prospects , Fusion Technology, January 1987. (with biography)

Web links

• Jo Lister: Laudation for Paul-Henri Rebut: recipient of the 2006 EPS Plasma Physics Division Hannes Alfvén Prize . In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion . tape 48 , 12B, doi : 10.1088 / 0741-3335 / 48 / 12B / E02 ( iop.org [PDF]).
• Robert Arnoux: A man of unique experience. In: ITER Newsline 112 December 18, 2009 . 
• Paul-Henri Rebut. December 3, 2004, archived from the original on July 22, 2011 . 
• JET Directors Biographies. EUROfusion, archived from the original on January 6, 2016 .