UKAEA / EPSRC Fusion Grant 2022/27
Lead Research Organisation:
CCFE/UKAEA
Department Name: Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Abstract
As energy demand increases and the impacts of climate change worsen, fusion offers the prospect of abundant, agile, low-carbon, baseload supply. During the next five years, fusion reaches a defining period. ITER - a ~20BnEuro megaproject that will demonstrate fusion is possible on a commercial scale - begins operation, whilst JET - for forty years the world's premier fusion facility - ceases operation. In parallel, governments and private investors are funding fusion powerplant design driven by the imperative to address climate change. The UK government stated that the UK has a 'moral responsibility to lead on climate change', having legislated to deliver 'net-zero' greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, committing to "doubling down on our ambition to be the first country to commercialise fusion energy technology" by establishing the STEP programme to build a prototype compact powerplant by 2040. The UK has also associated to the Euratom Research programme, remaining a full participant in ITER and the EUROfusion DEMO programme, the world's largest powerplant design effort, targeting fusion electricity 20 years after ITER begins high power operations. Whilst STEP and DEMO are comprehensive powerplant design programmes, there are considerable technical uncertainties without known solutions that must be overcome in parallel. This proposal will address these science and technology challenges, innovating to make designs easier and cheaper, reducing uncertainties in design, working with world-leaders from other sectors to exploit digital design methods that accommodate inherent uncertainty, and developing powerful new models based on fundamental theoretical developments. This differs from normal development paths - where the underlying science is resolved before the design proceeds or where small-scale demonstrators are possible - and thus presents very deep challenges: How can robust choices be made in the face of considerable uncertainty? How do we bridge the gaps between feasible experiments and the environment inside a powerplant, when empirical demonstrations are too slow and costly? How do we proceed without experimentally substantiated solutions in each discipline of an integrated design? This programme will confront these questions with multi-disciplinary research and innovation that builds on the UK's unique breadth of capability in fusion, targeting fundamental advances in the most demanding technical challenges:
a) The confinement of a fuel at 150 million degrees over long timescales - we will lead the final high-power experiments in JET for ITER;
b) The exhaust of excess heat at levels well above those experienced by a re-entrant spacecraft - we will test a novel exhaust solution on MAST Upgrade and develop new high-performance models to bridge the gap from MAST-U to a powerplant;
c) The resilience of materials which will surround the most intense neutron source on Earth - our Materials Research Facility will enable examination of irradiated materials properties to test and develop world-leading models of materials behaviour;
d) The ability to design, manufacture and qualify fusion components without a full demonstrator plant - with industry, this programme will target new advanced manufacturing techniques and testing capabilities in our new Fusion Technology Facilities;
e) A solution to breed, extract, use and recycle the necessary inventory of tritium with minimal loss and accurate accounting - the new H3AT facility will enable development and demonstration of tritium systems at a representative scale;
f) The requisite availability to produce a viable cost of electricity - we will develop novel maintenance solutions for powerplants in our RACE facility; and,
g) The ability to design a power plant fully 'in silico' in lieu of empirical demonstration - a growing advanced computing programme will allow us to exploit the benefits of exascale computing to bridge the gap from today's physics to tomorrows powerplants
a) The confinement of a fuel at 150 million degrees over long timescales - we will lead the final high-power experiments in JET for ITER;
b) The exhaust of excess heat at levels well above those experienced by a re-entrant spacecraft - we will test a novel exhaust solution on MAST Upgrade and develop new high-performance models to bridge the gap from MAST-U to a powerplant;
c) The resilience of materials which will surround the most intense neutron source on Earth - our Materials Research Facility will enable examination of irradiated materials properties to test and develop world-leading models of materials behaviour;
d) The ability to design, manufacture and qualify fusion components without a full demonstrator plant - with industry, this programme will target new advanced manufacturing techniques and testing capabilities in our new Fusion Technology Facilities;
e) A solution to breed, extract, use and recycle the necessary inventory of tritium with minimal loss and accurate accounting - the new H3AT facility will enable development and demonstration of tritium systems at a representative scale;
f) The requisite availability to produce a viable cost of electricity - we will develop novel maintenance solutions for powerplants in our RACE facility; and,
g) The ability to design a power plant fully 'in silico' in lieu of empirical demonstration - a growing advanced computing programme will allow us to exploit the benefits of exascale computing to bridge the gap from today's physics to tomorrows powerplants
Organisations
- CCFE/UKAEA (Lead Research Organisation)
- Lodestar Research Corporation (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- National Nuclear Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Lucideon (Collaboration)
- Lappeenranta University of Technology (Collaboration)
- Rolls Royce Group Plc (Collaboration)
- University of Kyoto (Collaboration)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Southwestern Institute of Physics (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- University of California, Irvine (Collaboration)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Huddersfield (Collaboration)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (Collaboration)
- Columbia University (Collaboration)
- Uppsala University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- McGill University (Collaboration)
- Archer Tehnicoat Ltd (Collaboration)
- General Atomics (Collaboration)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- University of Rochester (Collaboration)
- Princeton University (Collaboration)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (Collaboration)
- BANGOR UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- College of William & Mary (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- EUROfusion (Project Partner)
- Science & Technology Facilities Council (Project Partner)
- ITER (Project Partner)
- Princeton University (Project Partner)
- Fusion for Energy (Project Partner)
- Swansea University (Project Partner)
- University of Oxford (Project Partner)
- Lancaster University (Project Partner)
- University of York (Project Partner)
- Henry Royce Institute (Project Partner)
- University of Cambridge (Project Partner)
Publications
Adkins T
(2022)
Electromagnetic instabilities and plasma turbulence driven by electron-temperature gradient
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Akowua K
(2023)
Review and down-selection of NDE technologies suitable for ITER cooling water system remote weld inspections
in Fusion Engineering and Design
Alvarado A
(2023)
Predicting short-range order evolution in WTaCrVHf refractory high-entropy alloys
in Scripta Materialia
Amjad K
(2023)
Quantitative Comparisons of Volumetric Datasets From Experiments and Computational Models
in IEEE Access
Anand H
(2022)
Validation of the strike point position estimation with the local expansion method for MAST upgrade on the DIII-D tokamak
in Fusion Engineering and Design
Bailey GW
(2023)
Development of BNBSL: A ß-? spectra library for spectrometry applications.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Balboa I
(2023)
Remote infrared view of JET divertor compatible with D-T operations
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Balboa I
(2023)
Remote wide angle view broad wavelength viewing system compatible with D-T operations in JET
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Barrett T
(2023)
The CHIMERA facility development programme
in Fusion Engineering and Design
Barrett T
(2023)
CHIMERA Fusion Technology Facility: Testing and Virtual Qualification
in Fusion Science and Technology
| Description | Across 6 disciplinary areas, the first year of the five year award has produced a multitude of discoveries: • Tokamak Science • A new physics campaign on the MAST-U tokamak delivered the first ever 1 MegaAmp plasma scenario for this device, exceeding the previous record of 3.2 MegaWatt neutral beam injected power. New stored energy record is 110 kiloJoule. • The campaign has demonstrated that the MAST-U divertor neutral pressure is hundreds of times higher than in the main plasma chamber, confirming the success of the novel divertor design. • 40 synopses were submitted for consideration for the Fusion Energy Conference (UK, 2023), with many covering the recent JET world-record energy production outcomes of recent months. • Advanced Computing • A prototype platform for interfacing MAST-U tokamak processing protocols with UKRI National e-Infrastructure has been started: A server and database have been installed on the CSD3 supercomputing system (Cambridge Service for Data Driven Discovery), thus connecting UKAEA's Culham systems for high fidelity, high throughput analysis. The database has been populated with test data from the MAST-U tokamak and tests are underway using a tokamak-specific plasma heat transfer code (TRANSP). Work on ADIOS (Adaptable IO System - a way of describing scientific code data outside of the original application) will continue in coming months, using a large tranche of MAST-U data, to test transfer routines and scheduler codes. • A new finite element exterior calculus method is partially developed to ensure Partial Derivative Equations are transferred more exactly and with greater numerical stability in discrete representations. • A theorem has been developed to compute elastic stress and strain accumulating in materials from radiation defects. The maths proves it is possible to find an explicit expression for the volume of an arbitrarily complex network of interconnecting defect (atomic dislocation) lines. • Over 4000 samples were used to create a surrogate model of a thermal desorption simulation for tritium permeation in fusion powerplant materials. The model can be regenerated with more input parameters as required. • Tritium Science • A patent has been developed for extracting tritium from liquid metal (e.g. lead lithium) or molten salt (e.g. FliBe) breeder systems using two systems synergistically: a liquid-to-gas transfer mechanism and permeation-to-a-membrane-or-vacuum-chamber. • A new mass transfer model for Gas Liquid Contactors has been developed with mass transfer coefficients measured (ready for scale up in powerplants) and experimental uncertainties quantified (critical for powerplant technology selection) • Materials Science • Three new methods for fabricating silicon carbide composites have been trialled via chemical vapour and liquid infiltration and polymer pyrolsis to achieve higher densities than commercially currently available. The resulting materials have been irradiated with ions, and implanted with fusion-relevant gases (helium) to simulate high temperature evolution in service. Results suggest hardness and elasticity are less affected than first anticipated and stronger (neutron) irradiations are now in play. • Modified ferritic-martensitic alloys have been modified for both composition (to reduce activation) and mechanical resilience under irradiation (via novel thermomechanical treatment). First attempts to introduce irradiation defect sink phases proved unsustainable after the latter reacted under ion irradiations at Surrey Ion Beam Centre. • Simulations on neutron single cross section library TENDL19, using different isotope decay data (in contrast to the traditional approach to use decay data from the same library) concluded that the traditional approach may underestimate divergence between model and simulation of decay heat, with impact to real engineered structures thermal stability. • A new Chair in Fusion Materials was created at both University of Sheffield and University of Birmingham • Robotics • Rail-based robotic maintenance solutions were analysed for DEMO, CFETR and ITER to inform a component handling solution within non-uniform geometries in stellarators. • A two-port remote handling approach was developed for blanket handling in large port tokamaks, including development of upper and lower port remote maintenance equipment. • High power in-bore laser cutting and welding trials have been completed for in service remote joining. • An offline model-based trajectory optimisation control technique has been experimentally validated using a UR10e robot to precisely manoeuvre a simple but flexible payload. • Technology • A preliminary design has been completed for a desktop magnetohydrodynamic experimental system. • First samples of complex cooling channels in CuCrZr and steels (which will enable advanced and reduced-cost blanket/divertors) were characterised with X-Rays and showed that serpentine channels are uniform in dimension and surface roughness throughout. • Towards evaluation of complex materials testing (varying stress, strain, and temperature states) with digital image correlation, a simulated DIC analysis was carried out and uncertainties in the filtering process used for image correlation quantified. • A new Chair in Qualification for Fusion was created at the University of Sheffield • Multidisciplinary • Technology-Materials: A workshop evaluation of the primary life-limiting mechanism for advanced steels in breeding applications identified creep-fatigue damage accumulation in an irradiation-embrittled material. Utilising small batch fabrication of an oxide-dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel, work is underway to develop minimum baseline testing requirements under a conventional qualification programme, for creep-fatigue. |
| Exploitation Route | • One year into the five year award, the progress above amply demonstrates progress towards key objectives to i) support ITER via high-performance JET D-T fusion plasmas and plasma wall post mortems, ii) to undertake fundamental power plant relevant science and technology with simulated engineering and virtual component qualification, robotic service solutions, AI plasma surrogate models and plant simulations, development of high temperature structural materials, and iii) to reduce margin and cost while improving performance in future fusion powerplants via utilisation of the MAST-U tokamak to develop viable plasma confinement / exhaust scenarios; development of fuel cycle accounting and fuel separation methods; development of novel joining techniques and radhard robotics. • The European Community is designing a demonstration powerplant (EU-DEMO) for 2050 and will extensively use outcomes from the UKAEA EPSRC award work, where matched by EUROfusion funding, to plan plasma operations, component maintenance, diagnostic specifications, waste strategies etc. In the first 2 years of the EPSRC award, there are already 373 EUROfusion tasks underway, with 19 completed tasks to date. Tasks range from integration of test rigs into the Active Gas Handling System for JET to proto-typical Mock Up designs for water cooled lithium lead blanket representation in UKAEA's multiload rig, CHIMERA. • Early examples of technology translation, industry priming and adjacent sector opportunities are cited in the Narrative Impact section. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/clean-plasma-demonstration-boosts-iter-and-future-powerplantshttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukaea-and-university-of-sheffield-partnership-to-drive-fusion-technology |
| Description | Late 2021, the UK Government launched a UK Fusion Strategy (Towards fusion energy: the UK government's fusion strategy (publishing.service.gov.uk), committing the UK to development of an engineering demonstration of fusion power. In parallel with the creation of a tokamak-based powerplant prototype, the strategy requires development of an economic system of suppliers, integrators and operators such that commercialisation of the prototype becomes feasible. Much of the output steadily accruing from this new (5 year) UK Fusion Programme Grant will directly feed this economic system. In this first year of the EPSRC award, technical outreach in materials science primed local coatings, joining/welding and composites suppliers so that they were able to respond to a Fusion Industry Programme call and achieve approximately £1.8m of R&D funding as a nascent fusion supply chain. Robotics advancements relevant to nuclear decommissioning have brought in multimillion pound Japanese investment and triggered a regional collaboration between UKAEA, the NDA and Sellafield Ltd. in Cumbria worth £28m over its programme life. Tritium science outputs in the past year have attracted four industry partnerships covering product and service development from analytics to active gas handling systems. In addition to the local industrial translation and inward investment, the Grant also lifts UK's international credibility in fusion - a £4bn global industry at this moment: latest plasma power and heat exhaust results from the MAST-U tokamak at Culham have underpinned over a dozen collaborations triggered with the USA (to value of ~$10m). These bilateral partnerships bring access to US plasma codes and senior US fusion scientists as well as secondees to the Uk without cost. Ongoing lack of clarity in respect of the UK's Association with Euratom have made EUROfusion matched funding work difficult for the Grant researchers, but in contrast, relationships with UK academia have strengthened considerably through the recent appointment of 3 fusion-dedicated Chairs. • Intellectual Property from recent EPSRC award work has been submitted for patent protection and includes the following (with more innovations being assessed through the invention disclosure process): • In-pipe cutting, inspection and welding tool GB1 2564120 • Cortex Interoperable Robotics Framework EP1 21157352.1 • Innovative integration of tritium extraction and recovery system GB1 2212453.1 • Composite ceramics for shielding- filed and being prosecuted The potential for impact comes not only from the protected IP but the expertise and capabilities that have been built up that can be applied to challenges in other sectors. • One year into the five year award: • The latest MAST-U results have been utilised to build new and lucrative collaborations between the UK and USA in fusion (14 active collaborations worth ~$10m now in play with the Dept of Energy in the States) bringing access to US plasma codes, numerical expertise, engagement with senior US fusion scientists and 4 postdocs + diagnostics to MAST-U without cost to UK. • Work done in Materials development has primed local industry such that twelve respondents to a Fusion Industry Programme call achieved ~£1.8m of R&D funding for the coming year. • Results in Robotics, relevant to nuclear decommissioning, have brought in Japanese investment via the TEPCO partnership (£4m+ to date) and regional uplift in Cumbria with the new RAICo - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence - Collaboration alongside the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Limited (£28m). There is a greater than 50% spend with industry in these programmes and enhanced links to the East (e.g. South Korea). • Research in the tritium areas has spawned two industrial partnerships each, on development of technologies for tritium analytics and development of tritium gas handling systems respectively. Delivery of the DELPHI (deuterium ion implantation) system in the past 12 months of the award has enabled work for a USA fusion commercial company and more locally, the AWE. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | 101061241 |
| Amount | € 155,400 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 101061241 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 08/2026 |
| Description | A radiation inversion algorithm for adaptive path planning of robotic systems in high-dose Fusion environments |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote maintenance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Ab-initio based modelling TDS for deuteriun retention in irradiated bcc-Mo |
| Organisation | McGill University |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Understanding of hydrogen isotope retention in Mo |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided experimental data |
| Impact | Predictive modelling and experimental validation of TDS |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Ab-initio based modelling TDS for deuteriun retention in irradiated bcc-Mo |
| Organisation | McGill University |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Understanding of hydrogen isotope retention in Mo |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided experimental data |
| Impact | Predictive modelling and experimental validation of TDS |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Assurance of fault tolerance in safety-critical multi-robot systems |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Assurance of fault tolerance in safety-critical multi-robot systems |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Department | York Plasma Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Benchmarking of FENDL3.2a cross sections and covariances |
| Organisation | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Verification and validation, processing code developments |
| Collaborator Contribution | FENDL-3.2 nuclear data library, processing code developments |
| Impact | Paper (ND Sheets) |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | College of William and Mary |
| Organisation | College of William & Mary |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collecting data on particle transport in MAST Upgrade and supporting data analysis and the stability of the edge pedestal, performing dedicated experiments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Understanding particle balance and the stability of the edge pedestal in MAST Upgrade |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Condition monitoring in nuclear fusion remote maintenance |
| Organisation | Lappeenranta University of Technology |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Control of a Robotic Arm with Joint/Link Elasticity |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through RACE studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Degradation of thermal and mechanical properties of SiCf/SiC composites under fusion conditions |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded via UKAEA EPSRC programme |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supervisor / PhD |
| Impact | Understanding of SiCSiC performance in fusion environment. Papers x4 planned |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Design and development of autonomous micro drones for inspection and maintenance in nuclear environments |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Design for Robot Accessibility |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through RACE studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Development of low-activation multicomponent alloys for fusion armour applications |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded via UKAEA EPSRC programme |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supervisor / PhD |
| Impact | New armour material candidates. Papers x4 planned |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Diamond Devices for extreme applications |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | £15k in-kind researcher time and workhall access |
| Collaborator Contribution | Researcher effort, remaining funding (from EPSRC) |
| Impact | Development of radiation-hard diamond power electronics |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Diamond Electronics in Robotics |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Effects of annealing on helium defects in silicon carbide |
| Organisation | University of Huddersfield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Staff time and MRF equipment |
| Collaborator Contribution | TEM experiments |
| Impact | Images of radiation damage and annealing in ion irradiated SIC |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Enabling Drone Inspection of Future Fusion Facilities |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through RACE studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Finite element modelling of the corrosion of stainless steels/CuCrZr for cooling systems |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Industrial supervisor & experimental data provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 100% funding, Academic supervision |
| Impact | Advancing corrosion modelling capability |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Fusion grades SiC |
| Organisation | University of Kyoto |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Staff time |
| Collaborator Contribution | N/A |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | General Atomics |
| Organisation | General Atomics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Upgraded MAST-U plasma control system to the latest version supplied by General Atomics, installing the General Atomics plasma modelling and control framework and supporting visits. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supporting the development of plasma control on MAST Upgrade and understanding of pedestal physics and plasma exhaust |
| Impact | Papers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920379622000862 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/abe804 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | IAEA: CRP towards the standardisation of SSTT |
| Organisation | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Small-scale tensile test of Eu97, T91 and F82H (SSJ3 geometry) at room temperature and 300C. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Round robin measurements and methods shared between 7 international partners |
| Impact | Standardisation of small-scale mechanical tests, input to new standards which are validated on small test specimens |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Institute for Fusion Studies |
| Organisation | Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaborating on simulations of alternative divertor configurations on MAST Upgrade and supporting the team to prepare journal publications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supporting the development of predictive models of plasma exhaust in alternative divertor configurations on MAST-U |
| Impact | https://science.energy.gov/~/media/grants/pdf/foas/2017/SC_FOA_0001784.pdf |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Organisation | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Designed, installed and are operating divertor diagnostics on loan from Livermore. Performing experiments to study snowflake and X-point target divertor configurations on MAST Upgrade and supporting data analysis and modelling. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Loaned divertor spectroscopy diagnostics for use on MAST Upgrade and performing simulations comparing relative benefits of different conventional and alternative divertor configurations |
| Impact | Papers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179120301575 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/ac3364 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Li LM testing |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Test materials |
| Collaborator Contribution | None |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Lithium-impurities reactions |
| Organisation | Bangor University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Financial contribution, scourcing of materials, staff time |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sourcing of experimental rig and materials, staff time, access of materials characterisation facilities |
| Impact | Objective: understanding of phase formation and kinetics of Li-impurties interactions |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Lodestar |
| Organisation | Lodestar Research Corporation |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Supporting simulations of turbulent transport by providing data from MAST and MAST Upgrade experiments and the writing of publications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Predicting turbulent transport in MAST and MAST Upgrade |
| Impact | Papers:https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0060524 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Long Term Visual Inspection of ex-vessel Fusion infrastructure using Anomaly and Change Detection |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | MASCOT Operator Task Prediction via Body Tracking |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Co-funding a PhD student to develop a novel Langmuir probe diagnostic, collecting data on particle transport in MAST Upgrade and supporting data analysis |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supporting the development of novel Langmuir probe diagnostics and understanding particle balance in MAST Upgrade |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Mesoscle finite element phase field modelling fo liquid lithium embrittlement of steels |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded; Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Advancing corrosion modelling capability; especially on Li embrittlement |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Mission Planning for Long-Term Multi-Objective Remote Inspection |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through RACE studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Multi-scale Semi-autonomous Teleoperation For Nuclear Fusion |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Multipoint sensors for extreme environments |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | £10k in-kind researcher time for testing integration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Researcher effort, remaining funding (from EPSRC) |
| Impact | Development of sapphire fibre Fibre-Bragg gratings for sensing of temperature and strain in extreme environments |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Organisation | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Installation of bolometer diagnostics on MAST Upgrade, performing dedicated experiments to study power balance |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing and installing bolometer diagnostics on MAST Upgrade and analysis of the data collected |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Optimal cutting, grasping and packing of irregular-shaped tokamak waste components |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Performance evaluation for teleoperation |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through RACE studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
| Organisation | Princeton University |
| Department | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Internal funding |
| Collaborator Contribution | Involvement in several aspects of the MAST Upgrade research programme including plasma scenario development, core confinement and energetic particle physics. |
| Impact | Papers:https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6587/ac2b38 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/ab3bd5 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Production of silicon carbide composites using CVI |
| Organisation | Archer Tehnicoat Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Funding to produce composite panels |
| Collaborator Contribution | Manufacturing/support |
| Impact | Materials produced for subsequent testing, conference poster produced, pending publication in journal |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Radiation-aware robotic navigation and planning |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through RACE studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Real-time 3D Mapping of Radiation and Long-Term Change Detection in Nuclear Fusion Remote Maintenance |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Robotic Guidance in unstructured Environments |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Robotic and Autonomous non prehensile manipulation of bulk solids |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 100% funded through RACE (part-time) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Rolls-Royce - UKAEA |
| Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided aerospace and nuclear grade SiCSiC for analysis |
| Collaborator Contribution | Manufacturing/support |
| Impact | Materials to be irradiated and analysed, expecting at least one resultant publication |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Self-ion irradiation of CVD coatings |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Samples & staff time |
| Collaborator Contribution | Beam time |
| Impact | Objective: understand the impact of radiation on coating adhesive strength |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Sensorimotor Optimisation of bimanual telerobotics for Fusion Remote Maintenance |
| Organisation | University of Reading |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through EUROfusion studentship, Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | SiC shape forming and manufacturing |
| Organisation | Lucideon |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Staff time |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Southwestern Institute of Physics |
| Organisation | Southwestern Institute of Physics |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Installation of the Doppler backscattering system developed by SWIP |
| Collaborator Contribution | SWIP have designed and delivered a Doppler Backscattering diagnostic to probe density turbulence in the edge of MAST Upgrade plasmas. There are future plans to develop and install a supersonic molecular beam injector for MAST-U. |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Thermal transient effects in first wall & breeder blanket components |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through CCFE studentship |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supervisor / PhD |
| Impact | Better understanding of mateirlas survivability at first wall. Papers x4 planned |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Two extended lab visits totalling 3 months at Rochester university |
| Organisation | University of Rochester |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UKAEA pays for travel and accomdation etc |
| Collaborator Contribution | Training time and staff supervision time |
| Impact | Learn from prominent tritium research lab, establish better links |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UKAEA (AMT) - National Nuclear Laboratory collaboration |
| Organisation | National Nuclear Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Joint research on small specimen testing techniques (SSTT) to obtain material properties of fusion and fission relevant materials including interpretation of experimental data. Co-supervision of a PhD student investigating SSTT. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint research on SSTT to obtain material properties of fusion and fission relevant materials. Co-supervision of a PhD student investigating SSTT. |
| Impact | Various journal papers and conference contributions. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Understanding chemical reactions in liquid lithium containing coolants and the effects of impurities |
| Organisation | Bangor University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded; Industrial Supervisor provided |
| Collaborator Contribution | 50% funding, Academic Supervision |
| Impact | understanding of phase formation and kinetics of Li-impurties interactions |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Understanding synergistic interaction between irradiation and plasticity in nanostructured alloys |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 50/50 funded through CCFE studentship |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supervisor / PhD |
| Impact | Better understanding of synergistic irradiation/plasticity effects in complex materials. Papers x4 planned |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University College London (UCL) - UKAEA |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | To explore the feasibility of isotope separation using small-channel liquid exchange processes |
| Collaborator Contribution | in-kind contributions from UCL in the form of existing facilities, people resourcing, etc. |
| Impact | Objective is to assess the feasibility (volumes vs. time vs. cost) of using liquid flow exchange to separate isotopes of Li and/or transition metals. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Bristol - UKAEA |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | H3AT supplied raman equipment to study use for tritium accountancy |
| Collaborator Contribution | Lab and expertise |
| Impact | Develop capabilities and determine technology value |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of California, Irvine |
| Organisation | University of California, Irvine |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Supporting the design, installation and operation of the solid state neutral particle analyser and analysis of the data collected. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributed a solid-state neutral particle analyser for MAST Upgrade |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Installation and operation of the Doppler backscattering system developed by UCLA. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Development of a Doppler backscattering system on MAST Upgrade and the operation of the fast ion D-alpha diagnostic and data analysis |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Cambridge - UKAEA |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | H3AT supplied NMR equipment to study use for tritium accountancy |
| Collaborator Contribution | Lab and expertise |
| Impact | Develop capabilities in NMR and links with Cambridge |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Columbia |
| Organisation | Columbia University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Providing data from MAST Upgrade experiments, sharing informaiton on the construction of the device and routine data analysis techniques |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supporting equilibrium reconstruction and estimating MHD stability limits on MAST Upgrade |
| Impact | Papers:https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6587/ab98e1 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5065390 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Manchester - UKAEA |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | H3AT are sponsoring a chair position in tritium at Manchester university, to start summer 2022 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Match funding |
| Impact | Potential for huge expansion of UK's tritium expertise and output. Opportunity to form a strong collaboration to deliver high impact work on tritium. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Manchester - UKAEA |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Using machine learning to optimise blanket breeder geometries to maximise tritium production |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supervision of PhD wholly funded by Manchester chair in tritium. |
| Impact | Objective: demonstration that there are heterogeneous blanket designs with higher TBR than conventional designs |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Uppsala - UKAEA |
| Organisation | Uppsala University |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | To measure gas production cross sections in Fe and Cr using time of flight spectroscopy. UKAEA motivated the experiment and are supporting the design and analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Project supported financially by EUROFusion. |
| Impact | Objective: measurement of gas production cross section in Fe, Cr. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Uppsala University |
| Organisation | Uppsala University |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Supporting the design, installation and operation of the neutron camera diagnostic and analysis of the data collected. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Development of a neutron camera diagnostic for MAST Upgrade |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Visual Anomaly Detection for Fusion inspection |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 100% funded through RACE (part-time) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic Supervision |
| Impact | Remote mainteanance-relevant research progressed and knowledge gained |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ATOM Market Place (June 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stand at local science festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Attended SIN Global Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Provided UKAEA/Fusion & robotics interface to international science and innovation teams within BEIS/FCDO |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Audience with CEO of TEPCO, Tokyo, Japan, November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness / information sharing Enhanced working relationships between UK and Japan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Baroness Bloomfield (June 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Central Robotics and AI CoE Forum, September 2022, virtual |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness / information sharing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Chris Bishop, Director Microsoft Research Cambridge (June 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | EPSRC Net Zero showcase, Glasgow (June 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Stand at event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Expert Group on AI in Nuclear, July 2022, Culham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness / information sharing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | FISPACT-II training workshops through OECD/NEA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Increased user base of UKAEA-developed, EPSRC-funded code system |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021 |
| Description | Feedback Session: Shaping the National Service Robotics Proving Ground Facilities, February 2022, virtual |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Feedback session Hear the latest findings of our UK robotics test facilities interviews which explore what facilities already exist as well as the needs of robotics developers and end-users to identify gaps in the market |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | French embassy in UK staff (June 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Fusion Industry School (June and Sept 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Training course for fusion supply chain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Group from TEPCO (April 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Hosted and organised TAROS Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organised and hosted UK international robotics conference TAROS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | INWED Women in Engineering event (July 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshops at Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ITV News visit to report on Integrated Service Joining System (in-bore cutting/welding tool) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness of UKAEA and fusion research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Institute of Corrosion Aberdeen Annual Corrosion Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Over 40 companies that were involved in this event learnt about the corrosion challenges we are facing in the fusion world. Cross cutting technology and lessons learnt from other industries will be able to support the development of fusion power plant |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Italian Ambassador + staff (May 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | No 10 business team (August 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Open evenings (virtual and face to face) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Virtual and face to face visits to Culham site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Princess Astrid of Belgium + Belgian economic mission (May 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Robert Hannigan, National Cyber Security Centre (June 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition (July 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stand at national science festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | STFC careers fair (June 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Stand at local careers fair. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Call - UK Panel, August 2022, virtual |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness / information sharing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UK Service Robotics - Workshop 1 Sessions 1 to 5, February 2022, virtual |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UK Service Robotics - Workshop 2 Sessions 1 to 3, February and March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UKAEA Suppliers Day (July 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talks, networking and tours |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | University visits (various) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit of Andrew McCosh, Office of Science and technology Strategy (April 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit of Trudy Harrison, MP to RAICO, March 2022, Culham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | White House Fusion Summit, March 2022, virtual |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Increase awareness / information sharing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Working Group for silicon carbide composites for civil nuclear |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Fusion relevant materials development actively progressing in EPSRC grant activity at UKAEA via inputs from industry and academia at these meetings; at same time, industry and academia being primed on irradiation aspects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2021,2022 |
| Description | Workshop 3: Shaping the National Service Robotics Proving Ground Facilities, February 2022, virtual |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discover a range of plans and ideas for upgrading UK service robotics test facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |