>The latest UK investment will help fund the construction of one of the world’s first prototype fusion power plants, as well as create up to 10,000 jobs over the next five years.
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>The prototype nuclear fusion power plant project, called STEP, will be built on the site of a decommissioned coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire and is expected to be operational by the early 2040s.
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>.. As part of the UK fusion strategy, the government also announced the country’s first AI supercomputer dedicated to fusion energy.
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>The £45 million machine, named Sunrise, is targeted for operation in June this year and is expected to be the world’s most powerful AI supercomputer dedicated to fusion energy.
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>”UKAEA us taking lessons from the Apollo programme: we learn fastest when we can test, iterate, and improve safely in the virtual world before we commit to our real-world mission,” he said.
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UK built the first fission nuclear power plant and did nothing to take advantage of that investment, same here probably.
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Codzy on
Now this is some good news. As long as future governments don’t rip it up, some real forward thinking for a change.
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Actual title “UK to invest £2.3bn into investors and snake oil salesmen that MPs went to school with to provide no value to anything that will help”
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Is the UK even competent enough to complete such a big project?
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>The latest UK investment will help fund the construction of one of the world’s first prototype fusion power plants, as well as create up to 10,000 jobs over the next five years.
>
>The prototype nuclear fusion power plant project, called STEP, will be built on the site of a decommissioned coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire and is expected to be operational by the early 2040s.
>
>.. As part of the UK fusion strategy, the government also announced the country’s first AI supercomputer dedicated to fusion energy.
>
>The £45 million machine, named Sunrise, is targeted for operation in June this year and is expected to be the world’s most powerful AI supercomputer dedicated to fusion energy.
>
>”UKAEA us taking lessons from the Apollo programme: we learn fastest when we can test, iterate, and improve safely in the virtual world before we commit to our real-world mission,” he said.
UK built the first fission nuclear power plant and did nothing to take advantage of that investment, same here probably.
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Now this is some good news. As long as future governments don’t rip it up, some real forward thinking for a change.
Actual title “UK to invest £2.3bn into investors and snake oil salesmen that MPs went to school with to provide no value to anything that will help”
Is the UK even competent enough to complete such a big project?