'Clean homegrown power': Government commits £20m to fuel UK's fusion energy industry

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DESNZ announces latest measures to leverage further nuclear R&D investment and 'keep UK at forefront of global fusion race'

The government has announced it is investing £20m into the UK's growing fusion energy industry, as part of a strategy it hopes will unlock £100m of further investment into the nascent sector. The Department...

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