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…
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…
Clean 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, has achieved “first…
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 –…
