Culham is built upon the site of the old Royal Naval Air Station HMS Hornbill which had been commissioned in 1944. The airfield was operational as part of the Fleet Air Arm between 1944 and 1953.
In the late 1950’s the UKAEA identified Culham as a suitable site for the construction of a brand new purpose built laboratory for plasma physics and fusion research and this research continues to the present day.
Culham’s status has been further enhanced in recent years by the decision in the late 1970’s that Culham would be the site for the Joint European Torus (JET). Teams of scientists from our European partners and further afield work together in a combined effort to create clean, sustainable energy sources for future generations.
Culham therefore comprises a cosmopolitan community of people. The expertise and campus feel attracts diverse science and technology based businesses that benefit from the unusual opportunities afforded by this unique location.
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