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Oxfordshire Advanced Skills completes £13m expansion

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A new £13m extension has been opened at Oxfordshire Advanced Skills, at UKAEA’s Culham Campus, launching new opportunities for apprentices

Speakers and apprentices at OAS launch event, standing beside unveiled placard reading "The OAS Extension was opened by Satellite Applications Catapult CEO Stuart Martin, Thursday 9th November 2023".

CEO appointed to deliver UK prototype fusion energy plant

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Paul Methven has been appointed as the inaugural CEO of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, responsible for the delivery of the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant

Paul Methven, Andrew Bowie MP, Prof Sir Ian Chapman, standing in front of West Burton power station, which will be the site of STEP fusion energy power plant.

UKAEA welcomes fusion energy announcement

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UK Atomic Energy Authority welcomes the clarity provided by the UK Government’s announcement regarding its ambitions for the fusion energy sector

MAST-U - a fusion energy machine at UKAEA's Culham site (Credit SMD photography)

New appointments announced for STEP

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Four key appointments made for STEP prototype fusion energy powerplant

UKAEA appoints STEP directors. Pictured at UKAEA's Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, L-R: Prof Chris Waldon, Sounak (Sho) Dutta, Debbie Kempton and Dr James R Cowan.

UKIFS Chair and Interim UKAEA Chair Appointed

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Minister for fusion energy appoints the inaugural Chair of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions.

Professor David Gann CBE

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

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