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February 2023

UKAEA awards £3.1million of contracts to accelerate the growth of UK’s fusion industry MAST-U - a fusion energy machine at UKAEA's Culham Campus vital for the delivery of fusion powerplants_CREDIT SMD Photography_GOVNews

UKAEA awards £3.1million of contracts to accelerate the growth of UK’s fusion industry

Eighteen organisations have secured contracts with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to demonstrate how their innovative technologies and proposed solutions can help make fusion energy a commercial reality. The organisations will focus on overcoming specific technical and physical challenges. …
UKAEA Communications
February 28, 2023
Demonstration of ‘clean’ plasma boosts ITER and potential future fusion powerplants Heat barrierNews

Demonstration of ‘clean’ plasma boosts ITER and potential future fusion powerplants

Scientists from EUROfusion and UKAEA have found a way to boost the performance of fusion inside tokamak machines ‘Heat barrier’ prevents tungsten from contaminating the plasma Scientists from EUROfusion including some from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) working…
UKAEA Communications
February 23, 2023
Tokamak Energy’s new advanced fusion prototype to be built at UKAEA’s Culham Campus News

Tokamak Energy’s new advanced fusion prototype to be built at UKAEA’s Culham Campus

A new fusion energy advanced prototype with power plant-relevant magnet technology will be built by Tokamak Energy at United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) Culham Campus, near Oxford. Tokamak Energy’s compact spherical tokamak, ST80-HTS, will demonstrate multiple technologies required for…
UKAEA Communications
February 10, 2023