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Launch of Culham Centre for Fusion Energy | 31/10/2009
From 31 October 2009, the UK's home of fusion research has a new name: the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE).
The laboratory, based at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire, was previously known as UKAEA Culham, and has been the site of the UK fusion programme since opening in 1960. It also operates the JET (Joint European Torus) experiment on behalf of its European research partners.
The launch of CCFE is part of wider organisational changes at its parent body, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, whose nuclear decommissioning sector has been sold to Babcock International. The Authority has taken the opportunity to rebrand its fusion operation, giving it a clearer identity that reflects its mission.
“This is a strong identity that matches our status as one of the world's best fusion laboratories,” said CCFE Director Professor Steven Cowley. “It also indicates our aspirations to be at the forefront of the realisation of fusion as a major source of clean energy.”
