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  • S4E3 – Routes to Ignition

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    The concept of ignition in inertial confinement fusion is super important – we need to produce enough heat to ignite our fuel and get lots of fusion reactions (and therefore...

  • Fusion CDT student Ella launches podcast series

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    Earlier this year, Liverpool Fusion CDT student Ella Fox-Widdows launched an exciting new podcast series. The ‘Fusion Focused’ podcast aims to highlight inspiring experts within the Fusion Energy community, showcase...

  • Fusion: Fact and Fiction event

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    On Sunday the 13th of June 2021, Fusion CDT students Hasan Muhammed, Emma Hume, and Cyd Cowley took part in the York Festival of Ideas through a podcast entitled ‘Fusion:...

  • S4E2 – STEPisode

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    UK nuclear fusion energy got a big budget boost last year as designs for a power plant prototype were commissioned – a project called STEP. We sit down with UKAEA...

  • New podcasting kit!

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    In April 2019 the ‘A Glass of Seawater’ podcast team won the Rutherford Plasma Physics Communication Prize and in January the team spent their prize money on new podcasting equipment....

  • S4E1 – Laser Fusion Schemes

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    A second round on laser fusion energy ignition research! Here we discuss advanced ignition schemes and big laser facilities. We also get to have a closer look at what Phil,...

  • S3-E8 Superconductors

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    Magnets are mission critical to magnetic confinement nuclear fusion energy and find their way into laser fusion too. Understanding the strongest magnetic fields using near-absolute zero temperature materials science would...

  • S3-E7 Fusion Energy: Nuclear Waste Not, Want Not?

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    Nuclear energy expertise from fusion and fission combines in this episode to talk about the nuclear waste from fusion reactor designs. Where does it come from? How do we avoid...

  • Rutherford Plasma Physics Communication Prize

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    In April, the Fusion CDT supported ‘A Glass of Seawater’ podcast won the Rutherford Plasma Physics Communication Prize for its success in bringing plasma physics to new audiences. The prize...

  • S3-E6 A Day in the PhD Life

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    Most of us have an impression of what student life is like but maybe not that of a PhD student. This episode we have Sam, Helen, Tiantian and Emma to...