On 22 September, experts from fusion, nuclear, defence, maritime, space and robotics sectors came together at Harwell Campus. They explored shared challenges and merging opportunities, as industries increasingly relying on robotics to operate in demanding environments.
The Robotics for Extreme Environments event, examined how technologies developed for some of the world's most complex settings can support future applications across multiple sectors, including space.
Dan Law, Head of Operations, representing RACE
in fusion and nuclear environments. These insights build on UKAEA's extensive experience at the Joint European Torus (JET), including over 30,000 hours in vessel remote operations.
UKAEA's Dan Law, representing UKAEA's centre for Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE), delivered a keynote presentation, sharing lessons learned from designing, operating and maintaining robotic systems
General Fusion Group Ltd, a leading fusion company, has achieved a historic compressional plasma heating result with its large-scale Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) demonstration. General Fusion managed to push the electrons temperatures, exceeding 12 million degrees celsius.
The world-first result for General Fusion's MTF approach marks a measurable step forward in its aim to deliver baseload, economical clean power from fusion energy.
The results were co-published by UKAEA, the UK's national fusion laboratory, and measured using gold-standard Thomson scattering methods.
On 22 September, experts from fusion, nuclear, defence, maritime, space and robotics sectors came together at Harwell Campus. They explored shared challenges and merging opportunities, as industries increasingly relying on robotics to operate in demanding environments.
The Robotics for Extreme Environments event, examined how technologies developed for some of the world's most complex settings can support future applications across multiple sectors, including space.
UKAEA's Dan Law, representing UKAEA's centre for Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE), delivered a keynote presentation, sharing lessons learned from designing, operating and maintaining robotic systems in fusion and nuclear environments. These insights build on UKAEA's extensive experience at the Joint European Torus (JET), including over 30,000 hours in vessel remote operations.
Dan Law, Head of Operations, representing RACE
General Fusion Group Ltd, a leading fusion company, has achieved a historic compressional plasma heating result with its large-scale Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) demonstration. General Fusion managed to push the electrons temperatures, exceeding 12 million degrees celsius.
The world-first result for General Fusion's MTF approach marks a measurable step forward in its aim to deliver baseload, economical clean power from fusion energy.
The results were co-published by UKAEA, the UK's national fusion laboratory, and measured using gold-standard Thomson scattering methods.
