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.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has teamed up with Oxford Sigma, Frazer-Nash Consultancy, and TÜV UK to train the next generation of fusion engineers in tackling the engineering challenges of commercial fusion energy.
Oxford Sigma is providing specialist fusion technology and materials expertise as part of a consortium of engineers, led by Atkins and Assystem, appointed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) as Engineering Delivery Partner to its pioneering Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme as it seeks to demonstrate the commercial viability of fusion energy.