Nuclear fusion

A new generation of nuclear technologies is under development, but can they be delivered in time to replace ageing reactors?

Record £410m in R&D investment aims to accelerate plans to build prototype nuclear fusion power plant at former coal power station site in Nottinghamshire

Memorandum of Understanding aims to improve R&D collaboration, boost skills base, and harmonise regulation

Sustainable Markets Initiative launches new circularity and fusion energy initiatives with the backing of scores of leading companies at sidelines of UN Climate Summit in Dubai

Nations agree to share access to facilities, bring together top scientists, and jointly develop supply chains for fusion

Steelmaker Nucor is investing $35m in Helion, a nuclear fusion company, as part of a plan to build a power plant for one of its steel mills - and Microsoft is also betting on the venture

New Fusion Futures Programme promises to deliver over 2,500 training places and a new fuel cycle testing facility

There are 77,000 civil nuclear jobs but NIA warns this figure must triple of government is to deliver 24 GW of nuclear by 2050

Government sets out domestic alternative to Euratom, as it touts 'game-changer' investment

Microsoft and Helion Energy announce first-of-a-kind agreement, as tech giant confirms its overall emissions fell last year