Amentum is at the forefront of fusion energy – humanity’s quest to replicate on earth the reaction which powers our Sun. Success will create a new source of almost limitless, emission-free energy.
For decades, our heritage firms have supported pioneering initiatives such as the Joint European Torus, managed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and ITER, the world’s largest fusion project based in Provence, France.
Our wide-ranging input to these programs includes nuclear physics, engineering, robotics and remote handling, simulators, diagnostic systems, control and instrumentation, process plant, mechanical, chemistry and materials science.
We provide engineering design services for key UKAEA programs including the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), which aims to build a prototype power plant by 2040 to demonstrate the ability to generate net electricity.
Our project delivery professionals are embedded in client teams at UKAEA’s Culham Campus, one of the world’s leading fusion research laboratories where advanced research into machine design, robotics, materials science and fusion fuel is under way.
Our support extends to the Tritium Advanced Technology (H3AT) facility, which explores fuel storage, breeding and recovery techniques for future fusion powerplants, the Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE), which tests and designs robotic and remote solutions; the Material Research Facility (MRF).
Through its Fusion Industry Programme (FIP), UKAEA is funding Amentum research which aims to fill many knowledge gaps surrounding the properties of lithium, a highly reactive and corrosive alkali metal which is critical for breeding the hydrogen isotope tritium, an essential fuel for nuclear fusion reactions.
We have taken part in FIP since its inception, recognizing it as a unique opportunity to solve unique fusion challenges, develop new technologies, and be at the forefront of the fusion industry. This can only be achieved by collaborating with other companies and organizations.
In the USA, Amentum is delivering deliver multidisciplinary engineering services at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), primarily to support research carried out for ITER, the world’s largest fusion experiment and the laboratory’s own magnetic fusion device, the National Spherical Torus Experiment. PPPL, a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, is tackling the world’s toughest science and technology challenges using plasma, the fourth state of matter.