The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded contracts worth a total of £6.8m (€7.9m, $8.6m) to seven organisations to advance their innovative solutions and technologies to the “proof of concept” stage.
These contracts are meant to support work focused on digital engineering and fusion fuel requirements in order to solve the challenges related to the development of fusion energy, said the UKAEA in a statement.
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