Creating sensors for extreme fusion energy conditions
UKAEA awards £3.5m to develop highly specialised sensors for extreme conditions of fusion energy environments.
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Culham Science Centre relaunches as Culham Campus
Culham Campus, formerly ‘Culham Science Centre’, has an updated brand identity.
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Cumbrian collaboration expands robotics training into new era
UKAEA and National College for Nuclear and Clean Energy launch CROSS (Cumbria Robotics Operations Skills Centre) to build UK’s robotics-enabled workforce.
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Demonstration of ‘clean’ plasma boosts ITER and potential future fusion power plants
Scientists from EUROfusion including some from UKAEA working at UKAEA’s record-breaking Joint European Torus (JET) have discovered a way to boost fusion performance.
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Diamonds are forever? World’s first carbon-14 diamond battery produced
Scientists and engineers from UKAEA and the University of Bristol have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery.
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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.
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Digital suite provides foundation for Tritium Fuel Cycle training
World-first Tritium Fuel Cycle virtual control room installed at UKAEA’s Culham Campus to train engineers in the handling and management of tritium.
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Doctoral training to develop the next generation of fusion energy experts
A dedicated Centre for Doctoral Training in Fusion Engineering will start educating its first cohort of students in September 2025.
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Double celebration for UKAEA’s CEO
Congratulations to Professor Sir Ian Chapman who was presented with his knighthood by The Prince of Wales at an Investiture at Windsor Castle today.
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Drones in fusion: A first-of-its-kind aerial inspection at JET
Drone test flights prove possibilities for use at JET and in fusion engineering and decommissioning.