AILU Event – Early Careers Group Seminar & Tour

AILU’s Early Careers Group Seminar & JET Fusion Tour

Wednesday 19th November

UKAEA, Culham, Oxfordshire

Founded in 2017, AILU’s Early Careers Group (ECG) represents the next generation of laser industry and academic professionals. Members of the Group are from a variety of laser backgrounds including universities & research centres, and industrial manufacturers, suppliers and subcontractors.

On Wednesday 19th November the Group will host a seminar followed by a tour of the JET fusion facility. 

The seminar and tour are open to AILU members and non-members, and would be of interest to those who might like to join this group or would benefit from networking with this enthusiastic and talented pool of individuals.

IMPORTANT: Attendees must bring photo ID.

Programme 

10:00  – 10:30  Registration & Refreshments    

10:30  – 10:50   Welcome and Introduction to Fusion Energy Research at UKAEA
Chris Peters, UKAEA

10:50  – 11:05  Laser Repair Processes for Remote In-Situ Operations in Future Fusion Power Plants 
Sean Roche-Watson, University of Manchester

11:05  – 11:20  Exploring Microstructural Evolution Induced by Dynamic Beam Shaping in Autogenous Laser Beam Welding of AA6082 
Reshad Bakhtari , Warwick University

11:20  – 11:35  Commercial Thinking for Technical People: Understanding Value, Not Just Specs 
Tom Kerrigan, TLM Laser

11:35  – 11:55  Cutting Edge Laser Processing and Micro-Machining Tools 
Mike O’Key, OpTek Systems 

12:00  – 13:00  Lunch    

13:00  – 14:30  Tour        

14:30 – 16:00  ECG Members’ Meeting

Tour

Joint European Torus (JET) was the world’s largest and most powerful fusion machine – it operated for over 40 years, setting a series of fusion performance records until closing in late 2023. The project was hosted by UKAEA for labs around Europe and laid the foundation for many of the advances we see in fusion research today.

Now JET is becoming a pioneer in the decommissioning of large fusion facilities. The techniques and knowledge from UKAEA’s JET Decommissioning & Repurposing (JDR) programme will help to develop future fusion plants that are sustainable from both an environmental and financial perspective.

The tour will allow individuals to gain an appreciation of the scale and complexity of this large device and the systems required to operate and maintain it.

Venue

UK Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Campus
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 3DB

Click on the links below for:

Travel details – Visitor-travel-information-UKAEA.pdf

Site map – Site-map-UKAEA.pdf

Tour information – Tour-information-UKAEA.pdf