The US-UK relationship has been strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the 25th June between the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and UKAEA.
The agreement builds on the address of His Majesty The King to the Joint Meeting of Congress in Washington D.C. The MoU sets out a programme of collaboration spanning a wide range of fusion disciplines to support both nations’ ambitions to deliver sustainable and commercial fusion energy.
Under the agreement, PPPL and UKAEA will work together to expand scientific, academic and educational cooperation across fusion science and technology for future fusion power plants.
Laura Berzak Hopkins, Deputy Chief Research Officer and Associate Laboratory Director for Strategy & Partnerships at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and Andrew Thornton, Head of MAST Upgrade at UKAEA
Fusion energy holds the potential to be a leading and revolutionary source of clean energy. DESNZ is seeking opinions on a new National Policy Statement, which supports decisions for fusion energy infrastructure.
The development of this statement aligns fusion with other energy generating technologies by streamlining and centralising decision making on planning proposals.
The consultation closes at 11:59pm on 17 August 2026
UKAEA has unveiled its new Spinout Accelerator at Culham Campus. It is designed to help innovators transform cutting-edge ideas into commercial ventures that can impact fusion and wider industries. The facility marks a significant step in strengthening the UK's fusion innovation ecosystem.
The Accelerator is already supporting emerging ventures, and forms a key part of UKAEA's broader innovation offering, which includes technology transfer support, entrepreneurial training and specialist IP expertise - helping ensure that breakthrough technologies don't stop at the lab.
Heather Lewtas, Cheif Development Officer at UKAEA
We recently shared the news of the passing of Dr John Bryan Taylor, a talented and highly respected physicist. Dr Taylor's research and work played a significant role in the development of fusion energy, and his contributions to the sector are still studied and used today.
Dr Taylor made lasting contributions to plasma physics which are still apparent today. His prediction of the bootstrap current some 20 years before it was observed, is now fundamental to the design of future fusion power plants like STEP.
We remember Dr Taylor with the highest respect and gratitude for his contribution to UKAEA and the wider fusion energy sector.
The US-UK relationship has been strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the 25th June between the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and UKAEA.
The agreement builds on the address of His Majesty The King to the Joint Meeting of Congress in Washington D.C. The MoU sets out a programme of collaboration spanning a wide range of fusion disciplines to support both nations’ ambitions to deliver sustainable and commercial fusion energy.
Under the agreement, PPPL and UKAEA will work together to expand scientific, academic and educational cooperation across fusion science and technology for future fusion power plants.
Laura Berzak Hopkins, Deputy Chief Research Officer and Associate Laboratory Director for Strategy & Partnerships at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and Andrew Thornton, Head of MAST Upgrade at UKAEA
Fusion energy holds the potential to be a leading and revolutionary source of clean energy. DESNZ is seeking opinions on a new National Policy Statement, which supports decisions for fusion energy infrastructure.
The development of this statement aligns fusion with other energy generating technologies by streamlining and centralising decision making on planning proposals.
The consultation closes at 11:59pm on 17 August 2026
UKAEA has unveiled its new Spinout Accelerator at Culham Campus. It is designed to help innovators transform cutting-edge ideas into commercial ventures that can impact fusion and wider industries. The facility marks a significant step in strengthening the UK's fusion innovation ecosystem.
The Accelerator is already supporting emerging ventures, and forms a key part of UKAEA's broader innovation offering, which includes technology transfer support, entrepreneurial training and specialist IP expertise - helping ensure that breakthrough technologies don't stop at the lab.
Heather Lewtas, Cheif Development Officer at UKAEA
We recently shared the news of the passing of Dr John Bryan Taylor, a talented and highly respected physicist. Dr Taylor's research and work played a significant role in the development of fusion energy, and his contributions to the sector are still studied and used today.
Dr Taylor made lasting contributions to plasma physics which are still apparent today. His prediction of the bootstrap current some 20 years before it was observed, is now fundamental to the design of future fusion power plants like STEP.
We remember Dr Taylor with the highest respect and gratitude for his contribution to UKAEA and the wider fusion energy sector.
