Country wants to be first in world to commercialise the technology, with operation scheduled for early 2040s
Five sites have been shortlisted as the potential future home of the UK’s first prototype fusion energy plant – the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production, or Step – with a final decision to be made around the end of 2022 and operation scheduled for the early 2040s.
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