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Nuclear Fusion / UK Starts Partner Search For First Commercial Plant Ahead Of Tender

By Rumyana Vakarelska
9 May 2024

Step project aims to demonstrate net energy from fusion in the 2040s.

UK Starts Partner Search For First Commercial Plant Ahead Of Tender
Step is a prototype fusion energy plant that will be built in the UK with operation planned for in 2040. Courtesy UKAEA.
The UK Atomic energy authority (UKAEA) has started a competition for two successful bidders in a forthcoming tender on 22 May for engineering and construction partners for the UK’s first prototype fusion energy plant, the authority said in a statement 8 May.

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