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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

STEP vessel front view

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 Industrial Fusion Solutions powerplant development: Intel, Dell Technologies, UK Atomic Energy Authority, University of Cambridge.

Supercomputing, AI and the Industrial Metaverse essential for UK Industrial Fusion Solutions powerplant development

STEP vessel front view

Come and meet the STEP team in Gainsborough

STEP vessel front view

UK takes major STEP towards near limitless low-carbon energy

West Burton power station site in North Nottinghamshire

West Burton selected as home of STEP fusion plant

STEP vessel front view

STEP forward to fusion

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