HIVE: Heating by Induction to Verify Extremes
Performance evaluation and verification of small-scale components and samples under heat fluxes up to 20 MW/m2 and from room temperature to ~3000 °C in a highly flexible and adaptable facility.
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Plastic Fabrication Workshop
Creating bespoke, flexible and affordable containment solutions for hazardous environments.
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Robotics facilities
We have some of the best facilities in the world for developing remote handling robotics.
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SUNRISE: a UKAEA supercomputing facility
We are accelerating fusion energy research using artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing.
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The Materials Research Facility
UKAEA’s Materials Research Facility (MRF) prepares and examines samples of radioactive materials to assess their performance in nuclear reactors.
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UHT-MaT: Ultra High Temperature Materials Testing Infrastructure
A unique UK facility for the mechanical testing of materials at temperatures exceeding 2,000°C.