UKAEA has teamed up with Oxford Sigma to develop a manufacturing pathway for novel tungsten plasma-facing components for the ambitious UKAEA STEP programme.
Oxford Sigma and Tungsten West have signed a strategic collaboration to explore and establish critical supply pathway options of tungsten materials for future fusion power stations.
Oxford Sigma’s Technology Manager, Alasdair Morrison, spoke alongside government and fusion sector leaders at the hybrid event ‘Developments in UK fusion energy: Skills, industry and the state of play’ convened by Assystem.
Oxford Sigma’s Chief Technology Officer has authored an academic paper titled “The need for codes and standards in nuclear fusion energy” in the special collection, “The emergence of Private Fusion Enterprises” in the Journal of Fusion Energy.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) invites Oxford Sigma to contribute to the effort to standardise small scale testing techniques for fusion materials qualification.
Oxford Sigma’s team provided an expert training course in fusion energy engineering to the team at M5tec.