UKAEA and University Birmingham to sign UK Chair in Fusion Materials
Framework agreement sees design, development and modelling of new fusion materials.
Framework agreement sees design, development and modelling of new fusion materials.
UKAEA and the University of Sheffield have entered a partnership that is set to drive the development of fusion technology and the UK’s future fusion industry.
UKAEA welcomes two new C-suite appointments with Ruth Elliot joining as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Corporate Services and Justin Kingsford as Chief Operating Officer.
Nine organisations have secured contracts worth £11.6m in total with UKAEA to develop their innovative technologies for fusion energy.
Eighteen organisations have secured contracts withUKAEA to demonstrate how their innovative technologies and proposed solutions can help make fusion energy a commercial reality.
Proof of concepts will be developed to further fusion energy.
Five organisations have secured six contracts worth £7.4m in total with UKAEA to develop lithium technology for fusion energy.
The contracts were awarded through the Fusion Industry Programme to scale up projects dedicated to addressing fusion energy challenges.
UKAEA’s position as a world-leading centre of research and expertise in tritium management has been reinforced.
UKAEA and its fusion research arm Culham Centre for Fusion Energy have carried out a pilot project working with five companies to tackle some of fusion energy’s most complex challenges.