UKAEA

First Light Fusion completes £25m funding round

Venture Capital

First Light Fusion completes £25m funding round

University of Oxford spin-out among growing numbers of innovators worldwide racing to develop commercially-viable fusion energy technology

clock 21 April 2026 • 3 min read
'Clear and credible vision': UK Atomic Energy Authority unveils 2030 fusion roadmap

Energy

'Clear and credible vision': UK Atomic Energy Authority unveils 2030 fusion roadmap

Research organisation unveils five-year plan to support government’s ambition to begin development of UK's first prototype fusion energy plant from 2030

clock 14 April 2026 • 4 min read
Government unveils 'world first' Fusion Strategy

Technology

Government unveils 'world first' Fusion Strategy

Government announces investment in new supercomputer, as it sets out plans to begin construction on a prototype fusion energy plant in Nottinghamshire in 2030

clock 17 March 2026 • 5 min read
UKAEA and Eni join forces to build 'world's largest' fusion fuel facility

Nuclear

UKAEA and Eni join forces to build 'world's largest' fusion fuel facility

New advanced tritium fuel cycle facility aims to explore tritium recovery and re-use and its role in the supply and generation of fuel for future fusion power plants

clock 10 March 2025 • 3 min read
UK and Canada ink nuclear fusion fuel partnership

Nuclear

UK and Canada ink nuclear fusion fuel partnership

Memorandum of Understanding aims to improve R&D collaboration, boost skills base, and harmonise regulation

clock 15 February 2024 • 2 min read

Nuclear

'Landmark moment': UK's £55m nuclear fusion energy test site produces first plasma

Successful test in Oxfordshire hailed as a major milestone in UK's quest to produce clean energy from nuclear fusion by 2040, government said

clock 30 October 2020 • 3 min read