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Professor Howard Wilson - Image Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Prof. Howard Wilson to lead science and technology for STEP

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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

STEP tokamak breeder blankets

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

Online tool launched at community event by UK Atomic Energy Authority with Dr Caroline Livingstone and Dr James Cowan - Image Credit: UK Atomic Energy Authority

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

JET Vessel Interior viewed from Octant 1 Port

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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