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Website of the EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, at the Culham Science Centre, home of the UK fusion research
programme funded jointly by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and by EURATOM.

   
   
 
    An introduction to fusion power
     

A simple guide to what Fusion Power is all about, why we need it, and how we hope to achieve it.

 
    45th Culham Summer School
     

45th Culham Summer School45th Culham Plasma Physics Summer School
7-18th July 2008

 
    UKAEA Fusion annual report 2006-2007
     

Annual reportReport on progress in our research programme from April 2006 to March 2007.

The full report is available online

 
    Highlights of the fusion research at Culham
     

Reports on the research at Culham.
JET The world's largest tokamak, operated by UKAEA on behalf of Europe.
MAST The Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak.

 
    Features about the Spherical Tokamak
     

STArticle about the Spherical Tokamak concept (with interactive ST power plant feature).
See also:
START History and achievements of Culham's highly successful pioneering ST experiment.

 
    PhD Opportunities
     

Current opportunities to work in Fusion at Culham include:
.Electrical Engineers
.Physicists, Engineers
.Culham Apprentice Scheme
.Culham Fusion Research Fellowships
.PhD Opportunites
.Job Vacancies within UKAEA

 
    Benefits to industry of invlovement in the fusion programme
     

Fusion and IndustryFusion and Industry assists and encourages UK companies to tender for contracts arising from fusion research and the ITER project, and supports technology transfer from fusion research.
 

 
    Read about the capabilities of Special Techniques Group
     

Special Techniques GroupDeveloping material joining solutions, for the fusion program, and providing support to many areas of industry.
 

 
 
    ITER
     

ITER is a joint international research and development project that aims to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power.

 
    Come on a visit to Culham
     

Come on a visit to CulhamWe organise many school and college visits to Culham and also operate a popular series of public visit evenings.

 
    Diary of conferences, meetings, workshops on fusion research.
     

Diary of forthcoming meetings and conferences world-wide.

 
    Send us your question about fusion power
     

Have a question about fusion energy? Send it to us and we will try to answer. See our replies to frequent questions.

       
    Technical reports and papers available online
 

Some on-line technical papers on UKAEA Fusion research topics, with full search facility.

     
    Glossary of technical terms in fusion research
   

Explaining the technical terms used in fusion energy research.

 
    Links to fusion websites worldwide
     

Links to Web sites of many fusion research establishments around the world.


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Last update 1 April, 2008 .

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