The school consists of lectures, networking sessions, panel discussions and Q&As and will also include a visit to the UK’s fusion facilities at Culham Science Centre, as well as the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre at Rotherham. The first week in York took place in June, focussing on the underpinning fusion science and technology. View the schedule for the first week in York here.
The second week in Oxford, will build on this first week, focussing more on the engineering applications, as well as societal impact. Both weeks will include a welcome reception and a dinner covered by the registration fee.
Oxford & Culham Week 2 – 19th – 23rd September
The second week will start at Culham Science Centre with an introduction and reminder of fusion energy concepts, before visiting the UKAEA research facilities. Transport will be arranged between Culham and Oxford on the Monday and Tuesday, which will be hosted by UKAEA at its Culham site. The rest of the week will be spent at Keble College at the University of Oxford. The provisional schedule for the week is outlined below:
| Week 2: | Culham | Oxford | |||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | The events this day have been cancelled or resceheduled in respect for the Queen’s State Funeral. | 09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:30 |
Breeding blanket design Sam Murphy, University of Lancaster |
Fusion Waste and waste management Mark Gilbert, UKAEA |
Systems Integration Chris Waldon, UKAEA |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Manufacturing for Fusion Lee Aucott, UKAEA |
Magnets and Magnet Technology Susie Speller, University of Oxford |
System and Plant Maintenance Rob Skilton, UKAEA |
Fusion Powerplant safety and Regulation Mike Webley, Environment Agency & James Taylor, Health and Safety Executive |
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| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | 12:30 – 13:00 What is the role for fusion? A BEIS Perspective Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Advisor, BEIS |
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| 13:30-15:00 | Heating and Current Drive Technology Liz Surrey, Former Head of Technology, UKAEA |
Socio-economics of Fusion Energy Prof Niek Lopes Cardozo, Technical University of Eindhoven |
Remote Applications Barry Lennox, University of Manchester |
13:00 Closing Lunch
14:00 Depart |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | ||
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Tritium and fuelling technologies Tamsin Jackson, Senior Process Engineer and Technical Lead for the H3AT Facility, UKAEA |
Meet the Experts: Fusion Commercialisation
Paul Methven, UKAEA, STEP, David Kingham, Tokamak Energy, Nick Hawker, First Light Fusion and Richard Beake, General Fusion |
Materials Technology for Fusion Aneeqa Khan, University of Manchester David Armstrong, University of Oxford |
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| Evening | 3 course Dinner
Corpus Christi College 19:00 onwards |
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Further information and biographies of the Fusion Industry School speakers are available here.