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.
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.
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.