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09/08/2010: Supercomputer on a shoestring!
CCFE scientists have drawn on video game technology for a low-cost way to speed up their research.

 

Thomson Scattering video

Dr Rory Scannell explains how laser beams and the Doppler effect can help measure the properties of fusion plasmas. See the video.

Fusion - a clean future

Research

MAST
The UK's fusion experiment

JET
Europe's flagship research facility

ITER
The next step towards fusion power

The website of Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, the UK's national fusion research laboratory.

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the Sun, can play a big part in our carbon-free energy future. Culham is one of the world's leading fusion research laboratories. Our scientists and engineers are working with partners around the globe to develop fusion as a new source of clean energy for tomorrow's power stations.