Fusion Industry Programme: Challenge Event (Cycle 2, Phase 1)

Participants in the UKAEA's Fusion Industry Programme are invited to present and share their innovative ideas to select challenges.

By UK Atomic Energy Authority

Date and time

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Location

Culham Science Centre

Culham Science Centre Abingdon OX14 3DB United Kingdom

About this event

Fusion Industry Programme: Challenge scheme event

UKAEA is delighted to invite industry partners who are taking part in ‘cycle two’ of the Fusion Industry Programme’s challenge scheme to share their innovative ideas on the 21st of April 2023 at its Culham site.

The major component of the Fusion Industry Programme is an industrial challenge scheme to engage the private sector on the technical challenges facing fusion energy’s development. The scheme is concept-agnostic meaning there are no prejudices towards using one specific process or practice.

Companies and organisations taking part in the challenge scheme are exploring innovative solutions to overcome specific technical and physical challenges to making fusion energy a commercial reality. The event will provide a chance for the participants to share a short summary of their technical feasibility studies that focus on two specific areas with other participants. They are:

Driving up fusion powerplant performance with innovative heating and cooling systems
Improving fusion powerplant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture

In addition to these presentations, organisations will have the opportunity to meet UKAEA executives and network with other Fusion Industry Programme participants.

Exclusive tours of UKAEA facilities are being planned and will be confirmed closer to the time.

Tickets can be booked by 14 April 2023 and are limited to 4 attendees per organisation. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to book soon!

If you have any questions beforehand please contact 'FIP-Challenge@ukaea.uk'.

About the Fusion Industry Programme

The Fusion Industry Programme is stimulating growth of the UK fusion ecosystem and preparing it for future global fusion power plant market. More information about the Programme can be found online: https://ccfe.ukaea.uk/programmes/fusion-industry-programme/

Challenge scheme

The Fusion Industry Programme challenge scheme is focused on engaging and supporting UK businesses to overcome important technical challenges in fusion, developing valuable intellectual assets and capabilities within the UK private sector supply chain. More information about the challenge scheme can be found online: https://ccfe.ukaea.uk/programmes/fusion-industry-programme/#challenge-scheme

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Organised by

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Who we are

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is the UK government’s research organisation responsible for the development of sustainable fusion energy. Fusion has great potential to deliver sustainable, safe, low carbon energy for generations to come. It is described as the ultimate energy source, being the same process that powers our Sun and all stars across the universe.

To achieve our mission of delivering sustainable fusion energy, while maximising the scientific and economic benefits, we have world-class scientists and engineers working at the leading edge of developing fusion across our Oxfordshire site at Culham Science Centre and our new Fusion Technologies Facility in South Yorkshire. Today, UKAEA continues to advance fusion science and engineering, breaking world records with the international Joint European Torus (JET) fusion experiment while researching new technologies in areas of robotic maintenance, materials science, computing, and increasing our understanding of core plasma physics. To establish fusion energy as a key part of the future energy mix, we are contributing to hugely significant projects both across the World – including ITER, a global effort to prove production of commercially viable fusion energy – and right here in the UK – developing STEP, Britain’s prototype fusion power plant.

Developing fusion – the ultimate energy source

We are working with research partners and industry around the globe to realise the enormous potential of fusion for generating low-carbon electricity. Increasing demand for energy, concerns over climate change, and limited supplies of fossil fuels mean we need to find new, greener ways to power the planet. Fusion – the process that drives the Sun – could offer a virtually limitless supply of energy if mastered on Earth. Bringing it to the electricity grid is one of the toughest challenges in science, but potentially one of the most rewarding.

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