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Government kicks off search for site of UK's first nuclear fusion power plant

Energy

Government kicks off search for site of UK's first nuclear fusion power plant

UK takes a major step forward in its plans to commercialise a nuclear fusion power plant by 2040, inviting local communities to submit bids to host the country's inaugural project

clock 02 December 2020 •
'Landmark moment': UK's £55m nuclear fusion energy test site produces first plasma

Nuclear

'Landmark moment': UK's £55m nuclear fusion energy test site produces first plasma

Successful test in Oxfordshire hailed as a major milestone in UK's quest to produce clean energy from nuclear fusion by 2040, government said

clock 30 October 2020 •
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