A poloidal field coil - the largest component being produced in Russia for the multinational fusion project - has completed its journey to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor construction site in France.
New Nuclear 13 February 2023
Tokamak Energy is to build a prototype compact spherical tokamak, the ST80-HTS, at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Campus, near Oxford, England. The fusion device - with power plant-relevant magnet technology - will demonstrate multiple technologies required for the delivery of clean, sustainable fusion energy.
New Nuclear 10 February 2023
Materials with better resilience to the extreme conditions in fusion energy power plants are to be developed in a new partnership between the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the University of Birmingham. UKAEA will also sponsor a Chair in Fusion Materials at the University.
New Nuclear 09 February 2023