Through this business investment, Oxford Sigma will be investigating corrosion performance of materials within high temperature liquid lithium coolant material for fusion energy.
Oxford Sigma is providing specialist engineering services as a Tier 2 supplier on the new Technical Services framework with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for the next four years.
M5tec teamed up with Oxford Sigma on the development of a manufacturing plan for the First Wall design of the ambitious UKAEA STEP programme.
Oxford Sigma has been awarded a grant from the Innovation Support for Business (ISfB) programme, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) in support of developing fusion breeder blanket technology.
Oxford Sigma has been selected to lead the UKAEA SBRI: Fusion Industry Challenge on solving key material challenges of liquid lithium breeder blankets for fusion energy.
Two undergraduate students from the University of Birmingham and the University of Oxford won the UKAEA Fusion Industry Programme Summer Placement Scheme with Oxford Sigma.