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Culham

British  
/ ˈkʌləm /

noun

  1. a village in S central England, in Oxfordshire: site of the UK centre for thermonuclear reactor research and of the Joint European Torus (JET) programme

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When it restarted in 2011, the signs were not good, says Cowley, who was then director of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, which runs JET on behalf of the European Union’s EuroFusion agency.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2022

Det Insp Julien Culham added that what Mottram did "was inconceivable and has left a family absolutely devastated".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2021

“The long-term future worries the hell out of me,” says Steven Cowley, who directs the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Abingdon, UK.

From Nature ● Jun. 27, 2016

The body was found close to where the 16-year-old disappeared while playing in the River Thames at Culham, Oxfordshire, on Saturday evening.

From BBC ● May 10, 2016

There is Monsignor Culham, for instance—no one is more competent to advise you.”

From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford

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