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The UK's Tokamak Energy has set up TE Magnetics as it seeks to commercialise its high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology for both fusion and non-fusion applications.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 05 September 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fusion-firm-Tokamak-launches-spin-off-HTS-magnet-d
UK-based Tokamak Energy says that the digital twin computer software means it will be able to maximise the impact of each experiment without needing to test multiple scenarios in the physical machine.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 14 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Tokamak-Energy-to-use-digital-twin-with-ST40-fusio
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has appointed Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRéalis to deliver the detailed design of an isotope separation system to strengthen research into sustainable fusion delivery.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/AtkinsRealis-to-design-UK-tritium-processing-facil
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded six organisations contracts worth £9.6m ($12m) to advance their concepts to support fusion energy development. The contracts range between £460,000 and £1.9m, and are funded by UKAEA’s Fusion Industry Programme, an initiative launched in 2021 to develop the necessary technology and skills for the future global fusion power plant market.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-awards-funding-for-fusion-projects-11779223
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Czech Republic research organisation Centrum výzkumu Rež (CVR), have signed a multi-year use of facility agreement. This will enable unique testing of High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) tapes, critical for the development of the UK’s prototype fusion energy powerplant, the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP). These tapes are intended to confine STEP’s fusion plasma, a superheated gas of hydrogen isotopes, in a tokamak. Under intense heat – 150m degrees celsius, ten times hotter than the core of the sun – and pressure, the isotopes fuse into helium, releasing energy as neutrons.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-signs-agreement-with-cv-to-test-step-components-11746651
High temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes for use in the UK's prototype fusion power plant will be tested in a Czech research reactor following the signing of an agreement between the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Research Centre Řež.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 03 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/STEP-components-to-undergo-testing-in-Czech-resear
The Remote Handling Control Room at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has undergone a significant upgrade providing one of the most advanced robotics and remote handling systems in the world for the Joint European Torus (JET). UKAEA said this will support its role in delivering the highest standards in fusion repurposing and decommissioning projects.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 01 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsremote-handling-upgrade-to-aid-jet-decommissioning-11560295
Hundreds of former staff gathered to mark the achievements of the Joint European Torus (JET) in progressing nuclear fusion. The project has been a positive example of international collaboration, those attending were told, and the European Union hopes the UK will rejoin its Euratom and Fusion4Energy programme from 2028.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 01 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Could-UK-rejoin-Euratom-in-2028
The Remote Handling Control Room at the Joint European Torus in Culham, near Oxford in the UK, has undergone a significant upgrade, making it one of the most advanced robotics and remote handling systems in the world.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Remote-handling-upgrades-to-aid-decommissioning-of
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the private Japanese fusion company Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) have signed a Communication Framework Agreement to advance tritium breeding blanket technology from its conceptual stage towards commercialisation. It also lays the for future collaboration on thetritium fuel cycle, as well as remote handling and power conversion technologies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 24 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-and-kyoto-fusioneering-extend-co-operation-11541228