Apr. 09 2024
Source Page: UKAEA develops optical viewport technology for quantum physicsFound: The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has recently delivered on a UK Government grant to improve optical
Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps her Department has taken to support (a) companies and (b) individuals in the development of fusion technology.
Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government has announced its plan to launch the Spherical Tokomak for Energy Production (STEP) procurement process on 22nd May. This multi-stage competition, which offers the chance to bid for up to hundreds of millions of pounds in the initial contract period until 2029, will seek to find industry partners in engineering and construction, to form a world-leading public-private alliance led by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS). Meanwhile, UK Research and Innovation invest in research grants for fusion, doctoral training and support fusion companies through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's prosperity partnership.
Apr. 04 2024
Source Page: UKAEA Gender Pay Gap Report 2023Found: ’s mission is to lead the delivery of sustainable fusion energy and maximise scientific and economic
May. 08 2024
Source Page: Fusion energy facilities: new National Policy Statement and proposals on sitingFound: Fusion energy facilities: new National Policy Statement and proposals on siting
Mentions:
1: Karl McCartney (Con - Lincoln) The UK’s first nuclear fusion power plant is due to be built a short 45-minute drive from Lincoln. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) It is indeed a very exciting time for fusion in this country. - Speech Link
3: Claire Coutinho (Con - East Surrey) 200,000 jobs and using our own gas to heat our homes.I have signed a new partnership with Canada on fusion - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) young people to acquire the skills needed to expand electricity generating capacity in the nuclear energy - Speech Link
2: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) nuclear skills taskforce estimates a need for 180,000 skilled jobs to deliver 24 gigawatts of nuclear energy - Speech Link
3: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) If nuclear fusion technology is achieved, it will not arrive in time to save us. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) It depends what the noble Baroness means by the nuclear energy sector. - Speech Link
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Community invited to help shape West Burton site visionFound: Online tool: Developing a vision for STEP at West Burton An opportunity to be part of the world’s green energy
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024Found: From: UK Atomic Energy Authority Published 24 April 2024 Get emails about this page
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024Found: approved by Professor Sir Ian Chapman, the Chief Executive Officer of the Unit ed King dom Atomic Energy
Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of nuclear fusion technology.
Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
In October 2023, I announced our updated Fusion Strategy, with a renewed focus on supporting the whole UK fusion sector. This includes an additional £650m through to 2027 for Fusion Futures – a suite of new R&D programmes to support the sector and strengthen international collaboration. This builds on over £700m we committed from 2021 to 2025 to the UKAEA.
At the site of the former coal-fired power plant at West Burton in Nottinghamshire, we will build, by the 2040s, STEP, a prototype fusion power plant capable of delivering energy to the UK grid – a globally unique programme.