#culham

[conformi]

Mausoleum of Valerius Romulus | Villa of Maxentius, Rome, Italy, 4th century VS Joint European Torus, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, United Kingdom, 1984

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General Fusion To Build Nuclear Fusion Demonstration Plant in United Kingdom

General Fusion To Build Nuclear Fusion Demonstration Plant in United Kingdom

General Fusion will enter into a long-term lease with UKAEA following the construction of a new facility to host the FDP under an agreement announced today by UK Science Minister Amanda Solloway. “This new plant by General Fusion is a huge boost for our plans to develop a fusion industry in the UK, and I’m thrilled that Culham will be home to such a cutting-edge and potentially transformative…

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[man-and-atom]

Government to invest £220m in nuclear fusion plant concept

The UK Government has committed £220m for the conceptual design of a fusion power station - the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) - in a move towards zero-carbon, safe and abundant commercial fusion electricity.

During the Thatcher years, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, which had been the coordinating body of a world-leading national fission energy industry, was reduced to little more than a support organization for the European fusion research center at Culham. Now, with Britain pulling out of the European Union (and hence EURATOM), and probably facing a severe economic contraction, is it really likely that a full-scale commitment to fusion energy will be forthcoming?

Like all such proposals, it bears watching. But fission power is already “zero-carbon, safe and abundant”, for those who care about such things.

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I was waiting for The Duke of Gloucester at Culham on the 29th April 1990 and treated this one of an Inter City liveried HST as a practice picture. It now seems to have become almost a historical shot with their gradual replacement by IET’s. There is a noticeable rundown in maintenance and cleaning as more of the maintenance staff either leave for Hitachi on better pay or lose motivation altogether. It’s a great pity that these 40 year old warriors won’t go out in the style they deserve after such sterling service.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ7XQsbs_yw)

My first vlog documents my first attempt at Magnet Fishing and also visits a Pilbox (ww2 field defence) in the village of Culham near Abingdon.