UKAEA has launched the Fusion Industry Challenges, a £2m project to support the development of the UK fusion private sector, sustain clean energy needs in the UK and facilitate the UK’s transition into an exporter of fusion technologies. The Fusion Industry Challenges aim to accelerate the growth of the UK’s fusion industry. They will run as a £2m …
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By Professor Tom Scott, RAEng Professor of Materials at the University of Bristol and Director of the South West Nuclear Hub This last year of the Covid pandemic has been miserable. It’s certainly one I’d like to forget but a silver lining for the environment has been the global reduction in travel and curbed industrial …
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The South West of England is poised to deliver on pioneering Government-backed plans for the UK to host the world’s first fusion power plant. Nuclear South West, which unites the region’s nuclear industry, academic and public sectors to champion the South West, is confident that the area is ready to rise to the challenge of …
Find out more about how we are teaming up with regional business organisations to help companies capitalise on key nuclear sector projects.
Nuclear South West vice-chair Stefan Ceccini has turned the spotlight on our role in making sure the region plays a key role in invigorating the UK economy as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.
The south west’s nuclear industry can play a vital economic, social and environmental role in supporting the UK’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, Nuclear South West has revealed.
Nuclear South West’s role in powering the regional economy has been highlighted as new figures showed the Hinkley Point C power station project has been worth almost £1.7 billion to the area.
Engineers and scientists across the South West can help the UK take a big ‘STEP’ towards fusion electricity.
The UK Government needs our best people to rally behind their commitment of £220M to the design of a fusion power station – the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production, known as STEP.
Watch the highlights of the Nuclear South West Showcase & Conference which took place in Bridgwater at the beginning of October 2019.
