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Rebecca Parry cuts ribbon with Dr James Cowan, STEP Programme Director - Photo Credit: Chris Vaughan Photography for UK Atomic Energy Authority/STEP

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Local security guard and daughter open STEP’s first West Burton office

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has today opened its first office building at West Burton in Nottinghamshire to support the development of the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant, STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production). The building was opened by…

Leah CrepazFebruary 1, 2024

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The 61st Culham Plasma Physics Summer School is open to applications.

The school will cover fundamental plasma physics, as well as important topics in fusion, astrophysical, laser and low temperature plasmas. Lecturers are drawn from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) together with leading European universities.…

Mathew BanksJanuary 29, 2024

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Pioneering JET delivers final plasma

The Joint European Torus (JET) has performed its final experiments, marking the end of a 40-year era for the groundbreaking machine. Some 40-and-a-half years after its first pulse on 25 June, 1983, JET delivered pulse number 105,842 on Monday 18…

Leah CrepazDecember 20, 2023

Lithium chemical symbol beside pieces of lithium

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UKAEA awards £7.4m for development of lithium technologies for fusion

Five organisations have secured six contracts worth £7.4m in total with United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority to develop lithium technology for fusion energy. The four universities and one company have received contracts ranging between £700,000 and £1.5m from UKAEA’s ‘Fusion…

Michael BridgeDecember 14, 2023

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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

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Local security guard and daughter open STEP’s first West Burton office

The 61st Culham Plasma Physics Summer School is open to applications.

Pioneering JET delivers final plasma

UKAEA awards £7.4m for development of lithium technologies for fusion

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

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