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Culham Campus is owned and managed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and sited in one of the most successful science locations in the country. Along with other public and private sector organisations in the area, Culham Campus partners with Science Vale UK to promote southern Oxfordshire as a global hotspot for enterprise and innovation in science, high technology and the application of knowledge.
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is the national research organisation for the development of fusion energy. UKAEA’s programmes include the MAST Upgrade (Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak) experiment, the JET (Joint European Torus) fusion research facility and STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) – an ambitious programme to accelerate the delivery of fusion energy, with plans to deliver a prototype powerplant.
Engineers from PTSG Access & Safety Ltd will install a number of ladders to the exterior of the building. This is to help maintenance operatives to gain safe access to the roof in order to carry out vital periodic work for the upkeep of the building.
For PTSG, access and safety encompass all types of equipment that allows engineers to safely access all areas of every kind of building to carry out specialist services – from the testing and certification of roof anchor points to the servicing and maintenance of the world’s largest BMUs.
