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World’s fusion energy community gathers in Oxford

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Record-breaking attendance for IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE)

Record-breaking attendance for IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE) hosted in UK for the first time

UKAEA partners with EqualEngineers to mentor students

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Three-year partnership will see United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) provide free mentoring to 75 university students from minority backgrounds

UKAEA's robotics division will mentor students from miniority backgrounds as part of Pathways Programme.

Industrial Metaverse essential for UK fusion energy development

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Supercomputing, AI and the Industrial Metaverse will advance the development of UK fusion energy prototype powerplant.

Supercomputing, AI and the Industrial Metaverse will advance the development of the UK's prototype fusion powerplant. Image shows a fusion powerplant at centre, connected to household, AI, supercomputer, through industrial metaverse.

JET set for its 40th birthday

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Four decades of record-breaking progress in fusion energy as the Joint European Torus (JET) turns 40.

UKAEA and EUROfusion staff celebrating JET’s 40th anniversary at UKAEA’s Culham Campus.

UKAEA awards £6.8m of contracts

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Proof of concepts will be developed to further fusion energy

Two people wearing hard hats and protective clothing, operating a tool and torch, working inside a fusion energy machine training facility at UKAEA's Culham Campus

Come and meet the STEP team in Gainsborough

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STEP community event – Wednesday 14 June – Trinity Arts Centre in Gainsborough

UK prototype powerplant, STEP, will be built at West Burton site.

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