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  • March 2013
    • Jaimee signs up for National Apprenticeship Week - 15/03/2013
    • Come and see why it's cool to be hot! - 07/03/2013
    • Robot builders come face-to-face with the real thing - 04/03/2013
  • February 2013
    • MAST update - Winter 2012/13 - 28/02/2013
    • CCFE part of Oxfordshire 'City Deal' success - 20/02/2013
    • An AMAZE-ing project - 19/02/2013
    • MEP fully behind fusion - 08/02/2013
    • Joint donation buys school microwave kit - 07/02/2013
    • Beryllium analysis laboratory takes the top spot - 05/02/2013
  • January 2013
    • CCFE welcomes European fusion roadmap - 25/01/2013
    • Stellarators open up a whole new 3D world for MAST - 24/01/2013
    • Site open on Monday 21 January - 20/01/2013
    • CCFE in partnership for ITER blanket design work - 10/01/2013
  • 2012
    • The Fusion Ambassadors - coming to a lecture theatre near you - 20/12/2012
    • CCFE researchers tour China’s Fusion Energy Excellence Centre - 14/12/2012
    • ITER contract success for Special Techniques Group - 11/12/2012
    • 'Promising indications' from CCFE recruitment fair - 10/12/2012
    • Full steam ahead for MAST-Upgrade - 05/12/2012
    • Fusion film shortlisted for international award - 26/11/2012
    • CCFE donation helps children see a different and ‘faster’ world - 23/11/2012
    • Bridging the generation gap - 12/11/2012
    • When Saint Bob met the patron saint of fusion - 09/11/2012
    • Celebration time for CCFE apprentices - 05/11/2012
    • Culham event helps put UK business on track for ITER - 31/10/2012
    • Fusion’s wizard of Oz keen on MAST-Upgrade link-up - 31/10/2012
    • JET on BBC4 'Seven Ages of Starlight' - 25/10/2012
    • Bringing it all together for DEMO - 12/10/2012
    • York Plasma Institute open for business - 05/10/2012
    • CCFE Annual Report 2011/12 - 28/09/2012
    • MAST update - Autumn 2012 - 26/09/2012
    • Young CCFE engineers making their mark - 24/09/2012
    • Materials world benefits from UK collaboration - 18/09/2012
    • FameLab winner impressed by 'cool' JET - 13/09/2012
    • ITER business opportunities event - 11 October - 31/08/2012
    • Culham remote handling expertise pays off for ITER - 17/08/2012
    • MAST scientific programme - Call for participation - 06/08/2012
    • Promising initial campaign for refitted JET - 31/07/2012
    • First beam for new heating test bed - 26/07/2012
    • CCFE's gold standard for safety - 19/07/2012
    • Talking neutrons - 13/07/2012
    • Revised edition of seminal fusion book - 12/07/2012
    • Ian Chapman awarded international physics prize - 10/07/2012
    • Neutral beam powers into the record books - 09/07/2012
    • Steve Cowley wins Glazebrook Medal - 02/07/2012
    • Plasma fingers point to the taming of the ELM - 26/06/2012
    • Music to their ears - 15/06/2012
    • More than party balloons - 31/05/2012
    • High speed, low cost - 23/05/2012
    • Steve Cowley at Cheltenham Science Festival - 18/05/2012
    • MAST Update - Spring 2012 - 01/05/2012
    • Catapult challenge for Culham apprentices - 10/04/2012
    • MAST Research Forum - 03/04/2012
    • UK researchers win EFDA Fellowships - 30/03/2012
    • Design work for ITER is hotting up - 28/03/2012
    • Robin and Jack make it a fusion double! - 23/03/2012
    • International accolade for CCFE researchers - 22/03/2012
    • Public lecture on fusion - 4 April - 21/03/2012
    • Online ‘X-factor style’ competitions to showcase fusion research - 09/03/2012
    • CCFE strengthens links with Oxford research unit - 01/03/2012
    • The coolest upgrade at JET - 14/02/2012
    • CCFE at the Oxfordshire Science Festival 2012 - 07/02/2012
    • MAST Update - Winter 2011/12 - 01/02/2012
    • MAST finishes successful experimental campaign - 31/01/2012
    • Royal Society's tribute to Derek Robinson - 19/01/2012
    • MAST Update - Winter 2012 - 17/01/2012
    • CCFE and Nuvia sign Memorandum of Understanding - 16/01/2012
    • Steve Cowley to help judge Google Science Fair - 12/01/2012
    • ‘We’re ready to help build ITER’ says UK industry - 10/01/2012
  • 2011
    • Go West: Tom's passion for engineering earns award - 09/12/2011
    • ITER funding deal agreed - 02/12/2011
    • Nuclear research report sees wider role for CCFE - 28/11/2011
    • Daniel and Eric’s excellent adventure - 23/11/2011
    • Culham backing Bristol-Oxford nuclear partnership - 14/11/2011
    • Special Techniques Group sets the standard for ITER - 11/11/2011
    • MAST Upgrade project moves to procurement stage - 09/11/2011
    • Culham Thesis Prize 2012 - Call for Nominations - 20/10/2011
    • Prize is Sarah's springboard into science - 19/10/2011
    • MAST Update - Autumn 2011 - 14/10/2011
    • Culham hosts schools science quiz ‘Cup Final’ - 22/09/2011
    • CCFE Annual Report 2010/11 - 21/09/2011
    • New experimental campaign underway at JET - 02/09/2011
    • First plasma on 'new' JET - 25/08/2011
    • What happens during a JET restart? - 23/08/2011
    • Science Vale UK named as Enterprise Zone - 17/08/2011
    • Mike’s laser quest recalled in new book - 04/08/2011
    • MAST Update - Summer 2011 - 01/08/2011
    • Putting the cold into fusion - 28/07/2011
    • The music of MAST - 25/07/2011
    • View from the top - 15/07/2011
    • Star physics pupil visits plant for fuel of the future - 14/07/2011
    • Professor Steven Cowley appointed to Government Council for Science and Technology - 29/06/2011
    • Neutral beam video is hot stuff - 23/06/2011
    • See JET upgraded in five minutes - 13/06/2011
    • New insights into MAST plasma turbulence - 07/06/2011
    • The energy of Science Vale UK - 02/06/2011
    • JET restart programme begins - 18/05/2011
    • Green fingers and green energy - 17/05/2011
    • MAST Update - Spring 2011 - 13/05/2011
    • Inside the new JET - 09/05/2011
    • First MAST Upgrade machine hardware arrives at Culham - 26/04/2011
    • At Culham, the fire of the sun is already burning - 19/04/2011
    • Lydia wins apprentice award - 30/03/2011
    • Culham fusion researcher strikes gold with science in Parliament - 22/03/2011
    • An infusion of news from CCFE - 21/03/2011
    • It's CSI Abingdon at schools science fair - 18/03/2011
    • MAST diagnostics better than ever for new experiments - 15/03/2011
    • Technology & Innovation Exhibition at Culham - 11/03/2011
    • The CCFE Pedal Power Challenge - 28/02/2011
    • Culham Innovation Centre celebrates tenth anniversary - 18/02/2011
    • How Manchester started a fusion revolution - 16/02/2011
    • MAST Update - Winter 2010/11 - 15/02/2011
    • ITER systems remote handling design project well underway - 08/02/2011
    • Electronics collaboration aims to give faster plasma control - 28/01/2011
    • Come and meet us at the Oxfordshire Science Festival - 17/01/2011
    • JET on BBC Horizon - 11/01/2011
  • 2010
    • York research centre set to boost UK fusion programme - 22/12/2010
    • Bad weather affecting Culham site - 21/12/2010
    • New board ready to take on fusion challenges - 13/12/2010
    • Culham's 'third tokamak' revealed - 13/12/2010
    • Crossing continents - 07/12/2010
    • Launch of the world's first global tokamak experiment - 01/12/2010
    • Shaping the future of fusion research - 22/11/2010
    • Culham Thesis Prize - 05/11/2010
    • MP's support for 'vital' science at Culham - 01/11/2010
    • New appointees to UK Atomic Energy Authority board - 01/11/2010
    • Support for safe shopping - 26/10/2010
    • From Manchester to Mull: fusion on the road - 25/10/2010
    • PhD and Masters Open Day at Culham - 21/10/2010
    • CCFE Annual Report published - 13/10/2010
    • CCFE Director on Eureka 100 list - 07/10/2010
    • MAST update - Autumn 2010 - 06/10/2010
    • JET upgrades on target - 30/09/2010
    • UK industry needs to turn up heat on ITER fusion project - 27/09/2010
    • Sharper focus for MAST diagnostics - 16/09/2010
    • Hawking and Cox back fusion - 13/09/2010
    • Science Minister visits Culham - 07/09/2010
    • Supercomputer on a shoestring! - 09/08/2010
    • New Chair of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority appointed - 28/07/2010
    • CCFE's helping hand for student prize winners - 22/07/2010
    • Budding scientists vie for quiz supremacy - 21/07/2010
    • TED comes to JET - 15/07/2010
    • Fusion ‘world leaders’ can drive UK technological development - 09/07/2010
    • Culham’s role in global gravity mapping - 07/07/2010
    • Looking for a plastic needle in a haystack - 01/07/2010
    • MAST update - Summer 2010 - 29/06/2010
    • Zooming in on the world - 17/06/2010
    • Lady Judge awarded CBE - 14/06/2010
    • MAST's long-distance relationship - 08/06/2010
    • Connor appointed Fellow of the Royal Society - 21/05/2010
    • MAST engineering break begins - 07/05/2010
    • Partnership milestone in fusion materials research - 30/04/2010
    • MAST update - Spring 2010 - 07/04/2010
    • UK fusion programme nails its colours to the MAST - 31/03/2010
    • Apprentices' scrapheap challenge - 24/03/2010
    • Abingdon Schools Science Fair 2010 - 18/03/2010
    • Fusion on BBC Radio 4 - 09/03/2010
    • The view from China - 19/02/2010
    • Research Councils endorse CCFE fusion programme - 18/02/2010
    • Oxfordshire Science Festival 2010 - 17/02/2010
    • Innovation on the menu at business breakfast - 05/02/2010
    • Dr William Morris appointed CCFE Chief Scientist - 01/02/2010
    • Science Vale UK business breakfast at Culham - 25/01/2010
    • APS honour for Jack Connor - 22/01/2010
    • Frank Briscoe appointed interim Director at Fusion for Energy - 11/01/2010
    • MAST update - Winter 2009/10 - 11/01/2010
    • Operations to resume on Monday 11 January - 10/01/2010
    • CCFE donation for Abingdon Hospital - 05/01/2010
  • 2009
    • Steven Cowley at TED Global - 23/12/2009
    • Fusion at the Copenhagen climate summit - 16/12/2009
    • CCFE serves up donation for table tennis club - 07/12/2009
    • PhD event a success - 02/12/2009
    • New light being shed on the secrets of fusion plasmas - 30/11/2009
    • JET begins engineering shutdown - 23/11/2009
    • CCFE at American Physical Society meeting - 13/11/2009
    • Dr Roy Bickerton - 11/11/2009
    • Launch of Culham Centre for Fusion Energy - 31/10/2009
    • MAST update - Autumn 2009 - 28/10/2009

 

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