U.K. seeks site for world’s first fusion power station
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/uk-seeks-site-world-s-first-fusion-power-station
A U.K. spherical tokamak aims to generate 50 megawatts of fusion power when it starts up in 2040.
The U.K. government today invited communities around the country to volunteer a site for a prototype fusion reactor, which would be the first—it is hoped—to put electricity into the grid. The project, called Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), began last year with an initial £222 million over 5 years to develop a design. The U.K. Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the government agency overseeing the effort, says construction could begin as soon as 2032, with operations by 2040.
U.K. seeks site for world’s first fusion power station
Dec 2, 2020, 4:49pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/uk-seeks-site-world-s-first-fusion-power-station
> A U.K. spherical tokamak aims to generate 50 megawatts of fusion power when it starts up in 2040.
> The U.K. government today invited communities around the country to volunteer a site for a prototype fusion reactor, which would be the first—it is hoped—to put electricity into the grid. The project, called Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), began last year with an initial £222 million over 5 years to develop a design. The U.K. Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the government agency overseeing the effort, says construction could begin as soon as 2032, with operations by 2040.