MuWave, a recent spinout from UKAEA, has secured £450,000 from the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) to offer commercial high-power microwave technology enabled by expertise within UKAEA.
The funding combined with a spinout agreement with UKAEA will accelerate MuWave’s growth plans, develop the next generation of microwave sources, called gyrotrons, and support global exports.
Microwave technology uses electromagnetic waves to heat fusion plasma to temperatures many times hotter than the sun. It also supports applications in satellite communications, radar, geothermal drilling and medical imaging.
UKAEA has awarded contracts worth £8.1 million in total through the Fusion Industry Programme to 14 organisations to support the development of technologies for future fusion power plants.
Eleven organisations secured contracts worth £3 million to develop of sustainable shielding technology that will protect fusion machines from the extreme conditions produced by the plasma, high-energy neutrons and powerful magnetic fields essential for plasma confinement.
The other three organisations have secured contracts totalling £5 million to scale up fusion fuel technologies advancing the production and handling of hydrogen isotopes.
UKAEA has signed an agreement with the Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) to advance uncertainty quantification (UQ) capabilities for the LIBRTI (Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation Programme) digital project.
CFMS leads simulation work in the energy and construction sectors and has supported many more with recognised expertise in MOOSE applications and uncertainty quantification.
Multiphysics Object Orientation Simulation Environment (MOOSE) is a framework that provides tools for building complex simulations without developing code from scratch. It runs on high performance computing systems for faster, more accurate results. UKAEA has invested in simulation tools, primarily the MOOSE framework.
MuWave, a recent spinout from UKAEA, has secured £450,000 from the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) to offer commercial high-power microwave technology enabled by expertise within UKAEA.
The funding combined with a spinout agreement with UKAEA will accelerate MuWave’s growth plans, develop the next generation of microwave sources, called gyrotrons, and support global exports.
Microwave technology uses electromagnetic waves to heat fusion plasma to temperatures many times hotter than the sun. It also supports applications in satellite communications, radar, geothermal drilling and medical imaging.
MuWave was founded in 2023 by a team of UKAEA engineers with expertise in microwave and industrial applications.
The exciting spinout aligns with UKAEA’s strategy, and supports the fusion research, economic and industrial gain and more.
UKAEA has awarded contracts worth £8.1 million in total through the Fusion Industry Programme to 14 organisations to support the development of technologies for future fusion power plants.
Eleven organisations secured contracts worth £3 million to develop of sustainable shielding technology that will protect fusion machines from the extreme conditions produced by the plasma, high-energy neutrons and powerful magnetic fields essential for plasma confinement.
The other three organisations have secured contracts totalling £5 million to scale up fusion fuel technologies advancing the production and handling of hydrogen isotopes.
UKAEA has signed an agreement with the Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) to advance uncertainty quantification (UQ) capabilities for the LIBRTI (Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation Programme) digital project.
CFMS leads simulation work in the energy and construction sectors and has supported many more with recognised expertise in MOOSE applications and uncertainty quantification.
Multiphysics Object Orientation Simulation Environment (MOOSE) is a framework that provides tools for building complex simulations without developing code from scratch. It runs on high performance computing systems for faster, more accurate results. UKAEA has invested in simulation tools, primarily the MOOSE framework.
