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UK leading the world in fusion powerplant design

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Gainsborough STEPs forward to fusion energy

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Leadership appointments will drive delivery of prototype fusion energy plant

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UK to launch search for industry partners to develop prototype fusion energy plant

LVR-15 research reactor at CVŘ - Image credit: Centrum výzkumu Řež

UKAEA signs facility agreement with CVŘ to progress UK prototype fusion plant design

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Community invited to help shape West Burton site vision

Local family open STEP's first West Burton office - Photo Credit: UK Atomic Energy Authority

Local security guard and daughter open STEP’s first West Burton office

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JET experiments to test electronics in fusion environments

UKAEA appoints STEP directors. Pictured at UKAEA's Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, L-R: Prof Chris Waldon, Sounak (Sho) Dutta, Debbie Kempton and Dr James R Cowan.

New appointments announced for STEP prototype fusion energy powerplant

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UKIFS Chair and Interim UKAEA Chair Appointed 

Graphic showing a fusion powerplant in the centre, connected to illustrations of AI, supercomputers, robotics, cloud computing, and a house. At the bottom the text: Supercomputing, AI and the Industrial Metaverse will accelerate UK fusion energy powerplant development: Intel, Dell Technologies, UK Atomic Energy Authority, University of Cambridge.

Supercomputing, AI and the Industrial Metaverse essential for UK fusion energy powerplant development

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