Fusion technology company Oxford Sigma relocates HQ to Oxford Centre for Innovation
Oxford Sigma has returned to Oxford’s city centre to accelerate fusion materials technology commercialisation to help tackle climate change and resolve energy security, with new global headquarters at The Oxford Trust’s Oxford Centre for Innovation. Oxford Sigma was founded in 2019 in the heart of the city by Jonathan Musgrove […]
Oxford Sigma annual summer internship programme a success for next generation fusion skills development
This year saw Oxford Sigma’s largest internship intake to date over the summer of 2023. For the second consecutive year Oxford Sigma hosted university students for 8-week placements in collaboration with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)’s Fusion Industry Programme (FIP), with undergraduate university students across backgrounds in physics, engineering and […]
Tokamak Energy and Oxford Sigma collaborate on the first American Society of Mechanical Engineers fusion power plant construction code and standards
Tokamak Energy and Oxford Sigma joined forces to make key contributions to the first American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) for fusion energy power plant construction standards. This first publication of the ASME BPVC Section III (Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components) Division 4 (Fusion Energy […]
Focused Energy and Oxford Sigma accelerate power station designs for fusion energy with long-term strategic collaboration
Oxford Sigma and Focused Energy have signed a long-term strategic collaboration focused on accelerating the design and development of their inertial-confinement fusion power station device for commercial, carbon-free, energy production. Focused Energy has developed a revolutionary direct-drive proton fast ignition technology for inertial confinement fusion energy. As a fusion technology […]
Identifying potential for producing vital cancer treating medical isotopes from its inertial fusion technology
First Light has identified its projectile fusion reactor can be used to produce medical isotopes Presents new market opportunity for First Light – demand for medical isotopes is growing significantly while supply is severely constrained First Light working with IDOM on reactor chamber design that include options for isotope manufacture […]