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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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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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Self-healing fusion components could lead to better reactor designs

Culham engineers are investigating whether parts of a fusion machine could regenerate themselves – a concept that could extend a fusion reactor’s lifetime and cut maintenance costs. One of the issues for the 'divertor' area of the tokamak reactor –…

Nick HollowayJuly 9, 2020

Interior of JET with a superimposed plasma

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Fusion mission continues in Covid-secure working environment

Our work to bring fusion energy to fruition is back underway at Culham, but working conditions have now changed to reflect the circumstances. Following the hard work by many staff at CCFE and across the UK Atomic Energy Authority, led…

Nick HollowayJuly 2, 2020

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Record heating power achieved on JET

Record neutral beam powers of 30.8 megawatts were last week injected into a plasma on the JET tokamak at Culham. The new record was achieved during tests preparing the plasma scenarios required for JET's deuterium-tritium experiments in 2020, which aim…

Nick HollowayNovember 14, 2019

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JET deals a shattering blow to plasma instabilities

An innovative device to prevent plasma from melting or damaging components of the reactor wall in JET has been used in experiments for the first time. As seen in the striking video (below), the Shattered Pellet Injector (or ‘SPI') pre-empts…

Nick HollowayOctober 4, 2019

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New JET programme will be crucial to future of fusion research

A scientific programme to exploit world-unique capabilities on the European JET fusion facility, hosted at CCFE, is now underway. Significant upgrades to JET – such as its inner wall of beryllium and tungsten – have effectively turned JET into a…

Nick HollowaySeptember 9, 2019

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Sealing the deal: ‘JET bag’ boosts UK radioactive waste management

Foil bag for JET waste management The humble coffee bag was the inspiration for a storage technique developed at Culham that is helping the UK nuclear industry make radioactive waste management safer and more efficient. CCFE came up with the…

Nick HollowayJune 26, 2019

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Test bed passes quarter of a million milestone

It's been celebration time for the team at the JET neutral beam test bed, who ran their 250,000th – yes, that’s 250,000th – pulse in late March. The test bed is a key facility in CCFE's operation of the world's…

Nick HollowayApril 10, 2019

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JET set to continue key role in international fusion research with new operating contract

The future of the world's largest operational fusion research facility has been secured with a new contract signed this week between the UK and the European Commission. Staff at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Oxfordshire undertake research in…

Nick HollowayMarch 29, 2019

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

JET getting ready for key fusion power tests

Self-healing fusion components could lead to better reactor designs

Fusion mission continues in Covid-secure working environment

Record heating power achieved on JET

JET deals a shattering blow to plasma instabilities

New JET programme will be crucial to future of fusion research

Sealing the deal: ‘JET bag’ boosts UK radioactive waste management

Test bed passes quarter of a million milestone

JET set to continue key role in international fusion research with new operating contract

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