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UK Plans Nation's First Fusion Power Plant at Former Coal Site
Key Takeaways
- Former West Burton coal station becomes the site of the UK's first fusion power plant under the STEP program
- £200M initial investment transitions STEP from research into construction planning, targeting commercial fusion power by 2040
- Spherical tokamak design differs from ITER and leverages decades of UK expertise from the MAST Upgrade research device
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DT Editorial Team··3 min read·via interestingengineering.com