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UK reveals next STEPs toward prototype fusion power plant

13 Sep 2024 Michael Banks
STEP fusion prototype power plant
Ambitious timeline The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production prototype fusion power plant faces many significant technical challenges before it can come online in the 2040s. (Courtesy: UKAEA)
“Fiendish”, “technically tough”, “difficult”, “complicated”. Those were just a few o

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