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UK fusion energy ambitions underlined in Government’s 10-point green plan

UKAEA has welcomed the Government’s endorsement for fusion energy in its new plan for combatting climate change. The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution includes fusion on the UK’s pathway for transforming the country’s energy provision…

Nick HollowayNovember 19, 2020

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Picture perfect solution for fusion materials testing

UKAEA Fusion Technology’s Materials Technology Laboratory uses photography to get materials properties from small samples. Determining the mechanical properties of potential fusion materials is essential to power plant design. One of the biggest challenges in this area of work is…

Nick HollowayNovember 17, 2020

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How technology transfer can take fusion forward

Heather Lewtas Exchanging ideas with industries such as aerospace, automotive and oil & gas could help advance the development of fusion power. That’s the message being given by Culham technology expert Heather Lewtas at an international conference this week. Heather…

Nick HollowayNovember 16, 2020

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All systems go for UK’s £55M fusion energy experiment

Safe, sustainable and green energy from fusion is a step closer with the launch of the MAST Upgrade tokamak. MAST Upgrade first plasma For the first time, after a seven-year build, UKAEA’s £55M-machine, labelled Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade,…

Nick HollowayOctober 29, 2020

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Star-prize up for grabs in fusion art competition

Bringing art and science together with the launch of ‘The Art of Fusion’. CCFE's operator the UK Atomic Energy Authority is encouraging the public to get creative with a new competition to break down barriers between art and science. Fusion –…

Nick HollowayOctober 7, 2020

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JET getting ready for key fusion power tests

Europe’s premier fusion energy device, JET, is gearing up for world-first experiments at Culham next year. The JET machine – image credit: EUROfusion The EU’s JET facility – operated by the UK Atomic Energy Authority on behalf of the EUROfusion…

Nick HollowayOctober 6, 2020

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Keynote talk for Culham technologist at ‘virtual’ SOFT conference

Mike Gorley – Chief Technologist at Culham's Fusion Technology unit – will address conference delegates around the world when he delivers a keynote ‘virtual’ Plenary talk at the SOFT event on Friday (25th September). Mike Gorley using Fusion Technology facilities…

Nick HollowaySeptember 24, 2020

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Find out about fusion at IF Oxford science and ideas festival

This year IF Oxford returns as a digital science and ideas festival, with 100 online events across October 2020. Culham Centre for Fusion Energy and our operator UKAEA are really excited to be involved with the festival. We will be…

Nick HollowaySeptember 3, 2020

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Eddington’s dream becoming reality: 100th anniversary of the discovery of solar fusion

Today’s research into fusion energy owes a huge debt of gratitude to Arthur Eddington – the English astronomer, physicist and mathematician. For it was 100 years ago this August that Eddington delivered his momentous lecture about fusion and the Sun…

Nick HollowayAugust 24, 2020

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Construction milestone at new Fusion Technology site in Yorkshire

The construction site at UKAEA's new Fusion Technology facility in Rotherham External construction of the new Fusion Technology facility in South Yorkshire is complete, with the building being handed over to UKAEA in September to begin the second phase of fit-out.…

Nick HollowayJuly 31, 2020

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UK fusion energy ambitions underlined in Government’s 10-point green plan

Picture perfect solution for fusion materials testing

How technology transfer can take fusion forward

All systems go for UK’s £55M fusion energy experiment

Star-prize up for grabs in fusion art competition

JET getting ready for key fusion power tests

Keynote talk for Culham technologist at ‘virtual’ SOFT conference

Find out about fusion at IF Oxford science and ideas festival

Eddington’s dream becoming reality: 100th anniversary of the discovery of solar fusion

Construction milestone at new Fusion Technology site in Yorkshire

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