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Magnetic fusion research in the UK is centred on UKAEA’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE). UKAEA operates the JET facility for a collective R&D programme by the EUROfusion consortium and also conducts UK research (much of which is also part of the EUROfusion programme). An overview will be given of recent developments, including a major upgrade of the MAST tokamak and new investments in facilities for R&D on remote handling, fusion technology and the tritium fuel cycle. Fusion materials research will be summarised including the capabilities of the new £20M Materials Research Facility for processing and analysis of radioactive material; this is for fission and fusion researchers in UKAEA, universities and industry, and also has wider applications including materials for accelerator facilities
Fusion research at CCFE is funded by the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 and 2019-2020 under Grant Agreement No. 633053, and by RCUK grant number EP/P012450/1.