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UKAEA tritium trainers with the First Light Fusion team in the training room participating in the successful pilot of the tritium training course at Culham Campus

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UKAEA launches tritium training course to upskill fusion industry

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has launched a new tritium training course – taking place on 27 June 2023 – as part of its commitment to upskill the fusion industry. The course is being launched for the wider fusion…

Michael BridgeMay 17, 2023

Artist's impression of H3AT complex at Culham

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Contract awarded to design world-first tritium research centre at Culham

Culham Centre for Fusion Energy's operator UKAEA has appointed Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – to help design H3AT, the world’s first centre for researching tritium for use in fusion energy. UKAEA’s Hydrogen-3 Advanced Technology (H3AT) facility…

Nick HollowayApril 21, 2021

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Fusion research partnership agreed between UKAEA and The University of Manchester

Online signing ceremony between UKAEA and The University of Manchester Culham Centre for Fusion Energy is expanding its research links with The University of Manchester with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two organisations. Professor Ian Chapman,…

Nick HollowayMarch 30, 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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Diamonds could be forever in nuclear-powered battery project

Scientists at CCFE are working with academics at the University of Bristol on world-leading technology in order to make diamond batteries, which could provide decades or thousands of years’ worth of energy without a recharge. Items such as computer chips,…

Nick HollowayMarch 18, 2020

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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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UKAEA launches tritium training course to upskill fusion industry

Contract awarded to design world-first tritium research centre at Culham

Fusion research partnership agreed between UKAEA and The University of Manchester

JET getting ready for key fusion power tests

Diamonds could be forever in nuclear-powered battery project

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

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