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The UK government has announced that the West Burton power station site in Nottinghamshire has been selected to host STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production), the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant which is planned to be built by 2040.

Date: Friday, 07 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-selects-site-for-first-fusion-energy-plant-10064706

The West Burton power plant site in Nottinghamshire, England, has been selected to host the UK's prototype fusion energy plant - the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP). The demonstration plant is due to begin operating by 2040.

Date: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Winning-bid-announced-to-host-UK-fusion-plant

Ambitious target says country will be powered entirely by clean electricity by 2035 ‘subject to security of supply’ Two EPR plants at Hinkley Point C are the only commercial nuclear reactors under construction in the UK. Courtesy EDF Energy. The UK will secure a final investment decision on a large-scale nuclear plant by the end of this parliament – potentially in 2024 if a general election is called – and launch a new £120m ‘Future Nuclear Enabling Fund’ with options for future nuclear technologies including small modular reactors.

In a net zero strategy published on Tuesday the government said the new fund will provide targeted support for the development and deployment of new reactor technologies. Details of the fund will be announced in 2022, along with a roadmap for deployment.

The strategy says the government will also take measures to finalise investment decisions during the next parliament on further nuclear projects.

It says the UK will be powered entirely by clean electricity by 2035, subject to security of supply, with most of its electricity coming from the wind farms of the North Sea or state-of-the-art British nuclear reactors. This will “reduce the country’s vulnerability to sudden price rises caused by fluctuating international fossil fuel markets”.

Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-announces-net-zero-strategy-that-includes-large-scale-nuclear-and-new-reactor-technologies-10-2-2021

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