The Joint European Torus (JET) Tokamak has been in use for experiments since 1983. In 1997 the first major use of DT resulted in an activation inside the torus to levels which restricted manual access and resulted in the need for many of the maintenance and modification tasks to be implemented by remote handling means. Considerable experience has been accumulated in dealing with the preparation and operation of a remote maintenance facility for an operating Fusion device. The unique nature of the JET device presents many problems for remote handling which are peculiar to JET however it also presents many generic problems which are found in other application areas.