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The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the demonstration and commercialisation of fusion energy.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-and-USA-team-up-on-fusion-development
US fusion energy tech startup Helion Energy has signed an agreement to provide Microsoft with electricity from its first fusion power plant. Constellation will serve as the power marketer and will manage transmission for the project. Helion said the plant is expected to be online by 2028 and will target power generation of 50 MW or more after a one-year ramp up period. The companies did not disclose financial or timing details of the power purchase agreement, or which Microsoft facilities would get fusion-generated electricity.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshelion-announces-first-fusion-energy-purchase-agreement-with-microsoft-10852833
A collaboration agreement has been signed between Japan's Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to develop fusion related technologies. The first project under the collaboration will be the development of a 'fusion-grade' silicon carbide composite system.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 24 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-Japanese-partnership-to-develop-fusion-material
The €20bn Iter (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) project will replicate the reactions that power the sun and is intended to demonstrate fusion power can be generated on a commercial scale.
The steel and concrete superstructures nestled in the hills of southern France will house a 23,000-tonne machine, known as a tokamak, capable of creating what is essentially an earthbound star.
Millions of components will be used to assemble the giant reactor, which will weigh 23,000 tonnes and the project is the most complex engineering endeavour in history. Almost 3,000 tonnes of superconducting magnets, some heavier than a jumbo jet, will be connected by 200km of superconducting cables, all kept at -269C by the world’s largest cryogenic plant.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/world-s-largest-nuclear-fusion-project-under-assembly-in-france-7-2-2020
5 Apr (NucNet): The UK-based fusion energy company Tokamak Energy has urged the government to do more to encourage stronger private investment in the sector.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 05 April 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/private-fusion-company-urges-uk-government-to-encourage-more-investment
The UK intends to leave the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), according to explanatory notes to a bill the government published yesterday authorising Brexit. The notes state the bill empowers the prime minister to leave both the European Union and Euratom.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 27 January 2017
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-nuclear-industry-faces-prospect-of-Euratom-exit
The UK's vote to leave the European Union (EU) will not affect Electricite de France's strategy, which includes the planned construction of the GBP18bn ($25bn) Hinkley Point NPP. "We think that this vote has no impact on our strategy," EDF CEO Jean-Bernard Levy told reporters in Paris. "The strategy for our British subsidiary is unchanged."
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 27 June 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsthe-uncertainties-of-brexit-4933924
The ITER Organization has signed a five-year contract for the provision of global transport, logistic and insurance services with the integrated equipment and services supplier DAHER. There is also the possibility for extension beyond five years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdaher-selected-as-iter-logistics-service-provider
The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has a problem with the world’s largest stocks of reactor-grade plutonium. The international association Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy view this as a one-time opportunity to benefit several advanced nuclear energy developments, none of which are acknowledged by DECC. By Brendan McNamara
Weak, short distance radiation makes it warm; so it is safe to hold but not to swallow. UK reactor grade plutonium is unsuitable for making weapons. And small-scale uses of UK plutonium could never go critical
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmarter-uses-for-plutonium