Culham

British

/ ˈkʌləm /

noun

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

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And the fate of Europe's fusion research centre at Culham in Oxfordshire is addressed but left unclear.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2018

“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 16-year-old disappeared after entering the water at Culham, Oxfordshire, on Saturday evening.

From BBC • May 13, 2016

Carl Culham, the Round-Up director of communications, first denied that rodeo volunteers were disposing of horse manure that way.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2015

“I formed a favourable impression of her, too—the mere glimpse I had of her when we met,” said Monsignor Culham.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

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