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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 and Dr Thomas Davis to address the emerging need for technology solutions in materials science for fusion energy. At the time of Oxford Sigma’s founding, Dr Davis was completing a PhD in Materials Science at the Department of

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 material science. The programme’s expansion underscores Oxford Sigma’s commitment to nurturing exceptional talent for the future growth of Oxford Sigma and the wider fusion industry. This year’s interns were selected from a competitive pool of applicants based on the ability to creatively solve complex problems and strong interest in the

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 Devices) sets the framework and path to delivering commercial fusion energy. Tokamak Energy Inc, the West Virginia-based U.S. subsidiary of British company Tokamak Energy Ltd, was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for an award as part of its bold decadal vision for delivering commercial fusion. The

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 company, Oxford Sigma works on the development of fusion materials and in-vessel component design to ensure long-term and safe operation of fusion power plants. Oxford Sigma will be developing the power station design and management schemes with Focused Energy in order to accelerate the deployment of this world-changing technology. Focused

First Light Fusion working with IDOM 31 July 2023, Oxford, UK: First Light Fusion, the Oxford-based fusion pioneer, is working with Spanish engineering firm IDOM UK Nuclear Services (“IDOM”) to identify potential pharmaceutical applications of its unique projectile fusion reactor process. First Light is pursuing a novel method of inertial confinement fusion, the same method with which the National Ignition Facility (NIF) demonstrated energy gain from fusion late last year. The First Light approach uses a launched projectile instead of lasers to power the experiment, with the core physics being identical to the NIF. First Light’s form of inertial fusion