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- About UKAEA
  Our fusion energy mission, strategies, impact and governance – and how to join us.
- Case studies
  Read case studies of our work advancing fusion energy technology.
- Governance
  Details about our governance.
- Our history
  Our place in the history of fusion energy.
- Our impact
  What we are aiming for and how we are performing.
- Our mission
  Our fusion energy mission and strategies for achieving it.
- Publications
  Our publications and access to our public data.
- Visit UKAEA
  Learn about open events and educational visits to our fusion energy facilities.
- Work for UKAEA
  How to find a job with UKAEA.
- Commercial opportunities: working with UKAEA
  How organisations can work with UKAEA.
Our expertise
- Our expertise
  Our technical capabilities in engineering, robotics, plasmas, computing and materials.
- Computing
  Accelerating fusion energy research via modelling, engineering design, materials analysis, and data processing.
- Decommissioning
  Completing JET’s life cycle and setting a roadmap for future fusion machines.
- Engineering
  Enabling the journey to sustainable fusion energy by solving complex challenges and building the systems that make fusion possible.
- Tritium
  World’s leading research organisation related to tritium and hydrogen science.
- Materials
  Providing key capabilities and expertise for the development of materials for the fusion energy industry.
- Plasmas
  Exploring the behaviour of plasma – the hot gas that powers fusion reactions.
- Robotics
  Developing robotics for fusion power plants and other extreme environments.
- Technology
  Developing a qualified suite of all the technologies needed to realise fusion power plants.
Our work
- Our work
  Major programmes and projects advancing fusion energy development.
- FOSTER
  Fusion Opportunities in Skills, Training, Education and Research.
- Fusion Futures
  World-leading innovation stimulating industry capacity.
- JET Decommissioning and Repurposing
  Repurposing and decommissioning the Joint European Torus (JET).
- LIBRTI
  The Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation Programme.
- MAST Upgrade
  The world’s largest operational spherical tokamak.
- RAICo: Robotics and AI Collaboration
  Solving decommissioning and fusion engineering challenges by accelerating deployment of robotics and AI.
- NEURONE: NEUtron iRradiatiOn of advaNced stEels
  Developing and delivering an industrially scalable fusion-grade advanced steel.
- STEP Fusion: Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production
  Bringing government and industry together to develop fusion energy, scale it, and then deliver it at pace.
- Collaborative Robotics Research
  Pioneering robotics innovation through close collaboration with academic partners.
- UKAEA-Eni H3AT Tritium Loop Facility
  A ground-breaking collaboration to develop skills and technologies for managing tritium within future fusion power plants.
Services
- Services
  Our national fusion laboratory provides access to specialist facilities, software tools and laboratory services for fusion energy research.
- Facilities and equipment
  Facilities and equipment we have available for research.
- Laboratory services
  Our specialist services include consultancy, analysis, design, testing and manufacture for fusion challenges and beyond.
- Software
  Software developed by UKAEA and available for research.
- Training
  Training courses to develop people and their skills to work in the fusion energy industry.
Fusion energy
- Fusion energy
  Understand fusion from basic principles to advanced concepts.
- Why we need fusion energy
  Fusion promises to be a safe, low carbon and sustainable part of the world’s future energy supply.
- How fusion energy works
  Fusing hydrogen nuclei to make helium releases huge amounts of energy.
- Fusion energy questions
  Our answers to fusion energy questions we are often asked.
- The tokamak
  We are researching the tokamak – the most successful fusion concept yet developed.
- Fusion energy in brief
  Get a brief overview of fusion energy, why we need it and how it works.
- Teach fusion energy
  Free classroom resources to help teach fusion energy.
Innovation
- Innovation
  Explore spinouts, patents, funding opportunities, and partnerships driving fusion innovation.
- Our approach to innovation
  Learn about our approach to innovation as a core strategic capability.
- Collaboration
  Learn how to collaborate with us to maximise impact.

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