UKAEA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Stellarex Group Ltd to collaborate on the development of stellarator fusion energy technology.
The development of Stellarex’s simplified stellarator fusion machine will be supported by the MOU, providing a framework for research and engineering.
The collaboration focuses on areas including physics and confinement, high-temperature superconductor technology, operational systems, diagnostics and fuel cycle development.
UKAEA's extensive fusion expertise extends beyond tokamaks, such as JET and MAST-U, and can support different fusion systems designs, such as stellarator technology
Dr. Spencer Pitcher, Co-founder and CEO of Stellarex Energy (left), and Stephen Wheeler, UKAEA Executive Director (right).
Image credit: British High Commission Ottawa.
UKAEA and Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to enhance activities and cooperation in fusion energy development.
The MoC builds on the previously signed Memorandum of Cooperation from 2025, between UK and Japan. It demonstrates both nation’s shared ambition in creating fusion as a safe energy source.
This collaboration unlocks many areas, such as fusion plant systems engineering and commercial viability. Collaborative projects, joint research, exchange of expertise, and shared facilities, are all enabled through this framework.
Shigeo Koyasu, President of QST (left) and Tim Bestwick, CEO of UKAEA (right) signing the Memorandum of Cooperation
UKAEA has contributed a further £20 million to the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) to back UK-based spinouts and early-stage companies.
Managed by Future Planet Capital, UKI2S is a government-backed fund to invest and grow early-stage deep tech organisations a rising from UK research, creating opportunities for science to turn into commercially viable businesses.
The investment forms part of a wider £33.25 million funding increase across three UKI2S sub-funds (Space, Defence and Fusion), bringing the fund's total to £150 million. This includes £9.25 million from the UK Space Agency, £4 million from the Ministry of Defence and £20 million from UKAEA.
UKAEA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Stellarex Group Ltd to collaborate on the development of stellarator fusion energy technology.
The development of Stellarex’s simplified stellarator fusion machine will be supported by the MOU, providing a framework for research and engineering.
The collaboration focuses on areas including physics and confinement, high-temperature superconductor technology, operational systems, diagnostics and fuel cycle development.
UKAEA's extensive fusion expertise extends beyond tokamaks, such as JET and MAST-U, and can support different fusion systems designs, such as stellarator technology
Dr. Spencer Pitcher, Co-founder and CEO of Stellarex Energy (left), and Stephen Wheeler, UKAEA Executive Director (right).
Image credit: British High Commission Ottawa.
UKAEA and Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to enhance activities and cooperation in fusion energy development.
The MoC builds on the previously signed Memorandum of Cooperation from 2025, between UK and Japan. It demonstrates both nation’s shared ambition in creating fusion as a safe energy source.
This collaboration unlocks many areas, such as fusion plant systems engineering and commercial viability. Collaborative projects, joint research, exchange of expertise, and shared facilities, are all enabled through this framework.
Shigeo Koyasu, President of QST (left) and Tim Bestwick, CEO of UKAEA (right) signing the Memorandum of Cooperation
UKAEA has contributed a further £20 million to the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) to back UK-based spinouts and early-stage companies.
Managed by Future Planet Capital, UKI2S is a government-backed fund to invest and grow early-stage deep tech organisations a rising from UK research, creating opportunities for science to turn into commercially viable businesses.
The investment forms part of a wider £33.25 million funding increase across three UKI2S sub-funds (Space, Defence and Fusion), bringing the fund's total to £150 million. This includes £9.25 million from the UK Space Agency, £4 million from the Ministry of Defence and £20 million from UKAEA.
