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Community invited to help shape West Burton site vision

An opportunity to be part of the world’s green energy future is an exciting prospect celebrated this week at an event that took place at Sturton-le-Steeple Hall near West Burton power station site. A team from UK Atomic Energy Authority…

Leah CrepazFebruary 29, 2024

Rebecca Parry cuts ribbon with Dr James Cowan, STEP Programme Director - Photo Credit: Chris Vaughan Photography for UK Atomic Energy Authority/STEP

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

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has today opened its first office building at West Burton in Nottinghamshire to support the development of the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant, STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production). The building was opened by…

Leah CrepazFebruary 1, 2024

Joint European Torus interior with superimposed pink plasma on left side of image

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Fusion energy facility JET demonstrates use of laser-based diagnostic to monitor tritium

Fusion energy scientists and engineers at the Joint European Torus (JET) have developed a world leading method involving lasers to release and measure tritium trapped in fusion energy tokamaks. Most approaches to creating commercial fusion favour the use two hydrogen…

Michael BridgeDecember 7, 2023

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CEO appointed to deliver UK prototype fusion energy plant

Minister for Nuclear and Networks, Andrew Bowie MP, has announced the appointment of Paul Methven as the inaugural CEO of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions (UKIFS) responsible for the delivery of STEP – a prototype fusion energy plant to be built…

Michael BridgeOctober 19, 2023

Illustration of the interior of JET showing a plasma

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Scientific community to conduct final tritium experiments at Joint European Torus

The start of the final deuterium-tritium experiments at the Joint European Torus (JET) take place today at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) in Culham, Oxfordshire. JET is currently the world’s largest and most powerful operational tokamak, and the only…

Michael BridgeAugust 31, 2023

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.

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New appointments announced for STEP prototype fusion energy powerplant

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has made four key appointments to support the delivery of a prototype fusion energy powerplant being built at West Burton, Nottinghamshire. The ambitious Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme aims to generate…

Kelly LeaAugust 17, 2023

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.

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

Collaboration between the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Dell Technologies, Intel and the University of Cambridge to advance the development of the UK’s prototype fusion powerplant Scientists and engineers will access supercomputers and AI to inform and accelerate engineering…

Michael BridgeJune 28, 2023

STEP - the UK's prototype fusion energy plant

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Come and meet the STEP team in Gainsborough

STEP community event – Wednesday 14 June – Trinity Arts Centre in Gainsborough The West Burton site will be the future home of the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) prototype fusion energy powerplant Learn…

Kelly LeaMay 31, 2023

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UKAEA and University Birmingham to sign UK Chair in Fusion Materials

Framework agreement sees design, development and modelling of new fusion materials Chair appointed to help lead partnership Materials with better resilience to the extreme conditions in fusion energy powerplants are to be developed in a new partnership between the UK…

Kelly LeaFebruary 9, 2023

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UK takes major STEP towards near limitless low-carbon energy

The Government has established UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS) to deliver a prototype fusion energy plant at West Burton in Nottinghamshire The STEP prototype plant is due to complete construction by 2040, and aims to provide electricity to the grid…

Curtis WoodleyFebruary 6, 2023

spherical tokamak for energy production

Community invited to help shape West Burton site vision

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

Fusion energy facility JET demonstrates use of laser-based diagnostic to monitor tritium

CEO appointed to deliver UK prototype fusion energy plant

Scientific community to conduct final tritium experiments at Joint European Torus

New appointments announced for STEP prototype fusion energy powerplant

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

Come and meet the STEP team in Gainsborough

UKAEA and University Birmingham to sign UK Chair in Fusion Materials

UK takes major STEP towards near limitless low-carbon energy

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