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UKAEA Fusion Technology Facility in Yorkshire

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First look at Yorkshire Fusion Technology Facility

Culham's fusion technology programme is expanding to a new site in South Yorkshire – and here is a sneak preview of the newly-opened facility. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRyuC9KMee8 The site – which will be home to the CHIMERA test rig – will work…

Nick HollowayJune 9, 2021

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Star man becomes star maker

British astronaut, and former International Space Station crew member, Tim Peake, visited Culham on Wednesday 26 May to officially open the MAST Upgrade fusion experiment. In the last six months since beginning operations, MAST Upgrade has already produced some very…

Nick HollowayMay 27, 2021

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First results from UK experiment point to a solution to one of fusion’s hottest problems

Culham scientists have successfully tested a world-first concept that could clear one of the major hurdles in developing fusion energy. Initial results from the UK Atomic Energy Authority's new MAST Upgrade experiment at CCFE have demonstrated the effectiveness of an…

Nick HollowayMay 26, 2021

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IAEA’s fusion ‘Olympics’ goes online – and heads for the UK in 2023

This year’s IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, held this week, reflected the priorities of the new era in fusion energy research. The ITER experiment is fast taking shape in France, private sector investment in fusion is at an all-time high, and…

Nick HollowayMay 15, 2021

MAST Upgrade - illustration of the Super-X divertor

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MAST Upgrade: the vertical challenge

A new control system on Culham's MAST Upgrade experiment automatically keeps the superhot plasma fuel in check within milliseconds – allowing physicists to carry out key research with the machine’s world-first Super-X divertor system. The divertor region of ‘tokamak’ fusion…

Nick HollowayApril 30, 2021

Plasma in the MAST spherical tokamak device

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UKAEA completes pilot project with industry to accelerate fusion development

UKAEA and its fusion research arm Culham Centre for Fusion Energy have carried out a pilot project working with five companies to tackle some of fusion energy’s most complex challenges. The initiative, called the ‘Fusion Innovation Challenge’, threw down the…

Nick HollowayApril 22, 2021

Artist's impression of H3AT complex at Culham

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Contract awarded to design world-first tritium research centre at Culham

Culham Centre for Fusion Energy's operator UKAEA has appointed Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – to help design H3AT, the world’s first centre for researching tritium for use in fusion energy. UKAEA’s Hydrogen-3 Advanced Technology (H3AT) facility…

Nick HollowayApril 21, 2021

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CHIMERA set to transform the world of fusion component testing

Construction of a unique testing machine for fusion components is underway at UKAEA. The machine, known as CHIMERA (or Combined Heating and Magnetic Research Apparatus), will be located at UKAEA’s new Fusion Technology Facility in South Yorkshire, UK. When it…

Nick HollowayApril 19, 2021

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Fusion research partnership agreed between UKAEA and The University of Manchester

Online signing ceremony between UKAEA and The University of Manchester Culham Centre for Fusion Energy is expanding its research links with The University of Manchester with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two organisations. Professor Ian Chapman,…

Nick HollowayMarch 30, 2021

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New code will bring better power plant designs in a fraction of the time

Culham scientists are to develop a new software code capable of fast-tracking designs for future fusion power plants. Their project has been awarded funding from European fusion consortium EUROfusion as part of its E-TASC advanced computing programme. This aims to…

Nick HollowayMarch 18, 2021

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First look at Yorkshire Fusion Technology Facility

Star man becomes star maker

First results from UK experiment point to a solution to one of fusion’s hottest problems

IAEA’s fusion ‘Olympics’ goes online – and heads for the UK in 2023

MAST Upgrade: the vertical challenge

UKAEA completes pilot project with industry to accelerate fusion development

Contract awarded to design world-first tritium research centre at Culham

CHIMERA set to transform the world of fusion component testing

Fusion research partnership agreed between UKAEA and The University of Manchester

New code will bring better power plant designs in a fraction of the time

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