Intelligent Beds

Bed

Established 15 years ago and a Culham Science Centre occupier for seven years, Montcalm International is entering an exciting new era as it creates an R&D space on site to advance its research of assisted technology for hospital beds. The company already provides over 3000 acute care hospital ward beds almost exclusively to the NHS, … Read more

Sharing Science

SharingScience

Culham Innovation Centre has launched a pilot lab space scheme to provide science and technology start-ups with a combination of affordable shared laboratory and office space. New and established businesses that move to the centre will also benefit from a unique Technical Support Package, provided by Culham Centre for Fusion Energy. The pilot scheme will … Read more

BAE Collaboration Welcomed

SABRE-3

BAE Systems plc. and Reaction Engines Limited have started a working collaboration to accelerate Reaction Engines’ development of SABRE – a new aerospace engine class that combines jet and rocket technologies with the potential to revolutionise hypersonic flight and the economics of space access. The working partnership sees £20.6 million investment from BAE Systems in … Read more

MRF Handover

The grand opening of the Materials Research Facility (MRF) is due to take place during Spring 2016 with building contractor E G Carter expected to handover keys to the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) imminently. Data gathered from scientists using the new facility could be used to make nuclear power stations safer helping to extend … Read more

New Training Centre at Culham Science Centre

New Training

The UK’s leading training provider for the building services engineering sector, JTL, is creating a learning facility at Culham Science Centre to provide Advanced Apprenticeships, Training and NVQ Assessments to Oxfordshire’s young people and businesses. JTL has recently signed a five year lease for 8,500 sq. ft. to provide ‘off-the-job’ learning facilities for up to … Read more

New furnace to help SABRE engine

The Reaction Engines (REL) team are celebrating the installation of a new £1.5 million state-of-the-art high vacuum furnace to assist in the development of their SABRE Engine Demonstrator Programme.   Jointly funded by REL’s private capital and the European Space Agency, representatives from the UK Space Agency, Department of BIS and the European Space Agency … Read more

MAST Update

MAST Update

Engineers from Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) have received delivery of a two tonne, five metre-long, copper centre rod, one of the key components for the MAST (Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak) Upgrade.   The centre rod is an integral part of forming the device’s ‘toroidal’ magnetic field, which confines the hot plasma in its … Read more