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Culham Science Centre relaunches as Culham Campus

Culham Campus, formerly ‘Culham Science Centre’, has an updated brand identity. The Culham site has been changing, including the construction of several new buildings, the arrival of new organisations, and a transformation of the UKAEA fusion programme. In order to…

Leah CrepazDecember 7, 2023

Joint European Torus interior with superimposed pink plasma on left side of image

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Fusion energy facility JET demonstrates use of laser-based diagnostic to monitor tritium

Fusion energy scientists and engineers at the Joint European Torus (JET) have developed a world leading method involving lasers to release and measure tritium trapped in fusion energy tokamaks. Most approaches to creating commercial fusion favour the use two hydrogen…

Michael BridgeDecember 7, 2023

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UKAEA awards £11.6m of contracts for development of innovative technologies for fusion energy

Nine organisations have secured contracts worth £11.6m in total with United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to develop innovative technologies for fusion energy, which promises to be a safe, low carbon and sustainable part of the world’s future energy supply.…

Michael BridgeDecember 6, 2023

Speakers and apprentices at OAS launch event (left to right) Jakub Strzelcyk, Laurie Husband, Emma Johnstone, David Grailey, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, Stuart Martin, Heather Clarke, David Martin, Anisha Roberts

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Oxfordshire Advanced Skills centre completes expansion, launching new opportunities for apprentices

Oxfordshire Advanced Skills (OAS) has opened a new £13m state-of-the-art extension at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) Culham Campus, to provide high-quality training for apprentices in a range of industry sectors. The opening of the new facility completes the…

Michael BridgeNovember 10, 2023

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CEO appointed to deliver UK prototype fusion energy plant

Minister for Nuclear and Networks, Andrew Bowie MP, has announced the appointment of Paul Methven as the inaugural CEO of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions (UKIFS) responsible for the delivery of STEP – a prototype fusion energy plant to be built…

Michael BridgeOctober 19, 2023

JET Vessel Interior viewed from Octant 1 Port

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JET experiments to test electronics in fusion environments

A joint study by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), CERN, EUROfusion, CEA-IRFM, Aix-Marseille University (AMU), CNRS and University of Rennes, at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Culham, Oxfordshire, will investigate the impact of neutrons on the performance…

Michael BridgeOctober 5, 2023

MAST-U - a fusion energy machine at UKAEA's Culham site (Credit SMD photography)

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UKAEA welcomes fusion energy announcement

UK Atomic Energy Authority welcomes the clarity provided by the UK Government's announcement regarding its ambitions for the fusion energy sectorCommenting on the UK Government's announcement of its domestic fusion energy strategy, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) CEO, Professor Sir…

Mathew BanksSeptember 7, 2023

Illustration of the interior of JET showing a plasma

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Scientific community to conduct final tritium experiments at Joint European Torus

The start of the final deuterium-tritium experiments at the Joint European Torus (JET) take place today at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) in Culham, Oxfordshire. JET is currently the world’s largest and most powerful operational tokamak, and the only…

Michael BridgeAugust 31, 2023

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UKAEA strengthens its fusion materials division with new appointments

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has announced two senior appointments to its Materials Division. Former Rolls Royce Global Chief of Materials Testing, Barry Ward, has been appointed as Head of the Division’s Materials Research Facility (MRF) and Dr…

Michael BridgeAugust 23, 2023

UKAEA appoints STEP directors. Pictured at UKAEA's Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, L-R: Prof Chris Waldon, Sounak (Sho) Dutta, Debbie Kempton and Dr James R Cowan.

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New appointments announced for STEP prototype fusion energy powerplant

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has made four key appointments to support the delivery of a prototype fusion energy powerplant being built at West Burton, Nottinghamshire. The ambitious Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme aims to generate…

Kelly LeaAugust 17, 2023

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Culham Science Centre relaunches as Culham Campus

Fusion energy facility JET demonstrates use of laser-based diagnostic to monitor tritium

UKAEA awards £11.6m of contracts for development of innovative technologies for fusion energy

Oxfordshire Advanced Skills centre completes expansion, launching new opportunities for apprentices

CEO appointed to deliver UK prototype fusion energy plant

JET experiments to test electronics in fusion environments

UKAEA welcomes fusion energy announcement

Scientific community to conduct final tritium experiments at Joint European Torus

UKAEA strengthens its fusion materials division with new appointments

New appointments announced for STEP prototype fusion energy powerplant

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