Press releases
Our latest press releases.
We publish our press releases on our GOV.UK site. Here are links to the latest ones. You can get our notes to editors on this page too.
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UKAEA, General Fusion announce Magnetised Target Fusion milestone
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General Fusion completes the first major technical milestone of its LM26 programme with world-first fusion result co-authored by UKAEA.
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UK and US fusion supercomputers to be linked across Atlantic
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UKAEA and PPPL have joined forces to accelerate fusion energy’s development, linking UKAEA’s SUNRISE supercomputer with PPPL’s STELLAR-AI platform.
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UKAEA spins out Singular Machines
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AI technology commercialised through a spinout company from the UK’s national fusion laboratory, backed by strategic investment and fresh contract.
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Fusion energy expert Prof Dennis Whyte appointed next UKAEA CEO
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Professor Dennis Whyte has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of UKAEA Group.
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Under Pressure: Record plasma for UK flagship machine
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UKAEA has completed its fifth series of experiments on its MAST Upgrade fusion machine, overcoming plasma instability issues and pioneering novel techniques.
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UKAEA Group signs Armed Forces Covenant
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UKAEA Group has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, demonstrating its commitment to supporting UK military, veterans, and their families.
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UKAEA and Eni launch Rh3ova to advance fusion industry
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Rh3ova, a joint venture with UKAEA and Eni, formed to deliver services addressing key fuel cycle challenges facing the development of commercial fusion energy.
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CFS named first international partner in UKAEA’s LIBRTI programme
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is first international company to join UK national fusion laboratory’s flagship programme to test tritium blanket technologies.
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US-UK fusion agreement builds on King’s Address to Congress
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Leading US and UK fusion labs deepen trans-Atlantic collaboration on plasma science, workforce exchange and advanced computing.
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UK-Japan fusion partnership strengthened by UKAEA and QST
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Memorandum of Cooperation signed between UK national fusion laboratory and Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology.
Notes to editors for press releases
About the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Who we are
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is the UK’s national fusion energy research organisation. We are an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
The work we do
UKAEA’s mission is to lead the delivery of sustainable fusion energy to maximise scientific and UK economic benefit. We do this by being technical experts, partnering with companies and the international research community.
At the core of UKAEA’s efforts is the operation of world-leading facilities that build a comprehensive knowledge base for fusion energy. By addressing and solving the challenges across the full lifecycle of fusion, and integrating solutions from various disciplines, we establish technical centres of excellence that serve as the foundation for future fusion power plant programmes.
UKAEA collaborates with its partners to develop fusion power plants by providing access to our skills, facilities and expertise. UKAEA owns UKFE Ltd on behalf of the UK government. Through UKFE Ltd, we’re spearheading the STEP Fusion programme to design and build the UK’s first prototype fusion energy power plant in Nottinghamshire.
To grow the fusion ecosystem, UKAEA focuses on cultivating skilled talent, growing the fusion industry and creating ‘innovation clusters’. We actively seek opportunities to advance fusion technologies and communicate its vast potential to stakeholders and the public alike to accelerate fusion energy’s future – the energy of tomorrow we need today.
More information: https://www.gov.uk/ukaea. Social Media: @UKAEAofficial
About fusion energy
When a mix of two forms of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium) is heated to form a controlled plasma at extreme temperatures – 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun – they fuse together to create helium and release energy which can be harnessed to produce electricity. There is more than one way of achieving this. UKAEA’s approach is to hold this hot plasma using strong magnets in a ring-shaped machine called a ‘tokamak’, and then to harness this heat to produce electricity in a similar way to existing power stations.