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FOI2026/00025: EPSRC grant EP/Y022157/1

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Case reference FOI2026/00025

Received 11 January 2026

Published 30 March 2026

Request

Request received: 11th January 2026

 I would like to place a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding the following awarded EPSRC grant: 
EPSRC Reference: EP/Y022157/1 
Project title: Towards compact and efficient nuclear reactors 
Lead Research Organisation: University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering 
Funding period: Jun 24 - Jun 27 
Project status: active 
 
The information I am interested in is as follows: 
• project spending totals and breakdown 
• project milestone progress and status 
• project outputs, e.g. conference talks, journal publications 
• project learning outcomes 
• time spent by the Principal Investigator on the project 
 
I would like this information to be provided in the form of the regular update reports on research grant use that the University keeps and/or UKRI receive. I understand that any sensitive information will be excluded/redacted from these reports. 


The requester later clarified on 23rd January 2026: 

'Project learning outcomes' refers to: 

Progress towards reduction of AC loss in high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes 

Examples of progress would include learnings from manufacture and performance testing of such novel tapes 

Since the project was initiated ~18 months ago, what has been learned regarding development of these novel tapes? Have steps been taken towards manufacture of a prototype tape for subsequent AC loss reduction verification tests? 

In summary: what manufacturing stages and testing methods on a novel, reduced AC loss tape (NOT including study of standard commercial HTS tapes) have been conducted/completed during the project lifetime to date? 

'Regular update reports' refers to: 

Standard project management controls, whereby the funder and departmental management are regularly informed of project progress 

Again, this information is requested for the duration of the project lifetime to date. 

Response

Response sent: 16th February 2026.

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