About
Aim of the Programme
With design programmes for demonstration fusion power plants programmes (such as STEP in the UK; DEMO in the EU) growing rapidly and private investment in fusion companies going up by the day, there is no doubt that fusion is entering its industrialisation era. As such, the associated supply chain must also continue to grow to deliver fusion to the market and, in the near term, benefit from the opportunities.
Now in its fourth year, the Fusion Industry School (organised by the Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training and UKAEA) continues to work with the fusion community, delivering a two-week fusion training programme to meet the needs of the emerging fusion industry and associated supply chain companies and organisations. As fusion develops into the industrialisation era, we must train the next generation of fusion scientists and engineers – and move towards a Fusion Future …
Lectures
Lecturers are drawn from fusion experts in the UK and internationally. They will introduce you to the breadth of fusion technology and the essentials of the underpinning science, as well as provide you with an understanding of the international fusion energy landscape. In addition to the lectures and networking with other delegates and our PhD students, you will have opportunities to question and debate with leading experts in the field during panel discussions. As part of the school, we are organising tours to the fusion facilities hosted by UKAEA, which include the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion experiment, the MAST-U tokamak, Materials Research Facility and RACE robotics centre (exact tours currently to be confirmed for 2024).
The aim of the Fusion Industry School is to introduce you to the breadth of fusion energy. Thus, while the lectures will be technical, we will endeavour to ensure they are accessible to delegates from a range of backgrounds. Nevertheless, we anticipate that those with a physical sciences or engineering degree, or equivalent experience, will benefit most. No specific knowledge of fusion energy will be assumed.