Posted on 10/04/2022 1:04:23 PM PDT by Red Badger
Inside the reactor - IMAGE SOURCE,UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
Nuclear fusion reactors need to reach very high temperatures and pressure
A power station has been chosen to be the site of the UK's, and potentially the world's, first prototype commercial nuclear fusion reactor.
Fusion is a potential source of almost limitless clean energy but is currently only carried out in experiments.
The government had shortlisted five sites but has picked the West Burton A plant in Nottinghamshire.
The plant should be operational by the early 2040s, a UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) spokesman has said.
The government had pledged more than £220m for the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme, led by the UKAEA.
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But earlier this year, the government confirmed it would cease assessment of Ratcliffe-on-Soar and restart assessment of West Burton, which was named as a reserve site when the shortlist was announced.
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Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg announced the government's choice in a speech at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
"Over the decades we have established ourselves as pioneers in fusion science and as a country our capabilities to surmount these obstacles is unparalleled, and I am delighted to make an announcement of a vital step in that mission," he said.
"The plant will be the first of its kind, built by 2040 and capable of putting energy on the grid, and in doing so will prove the commercial viability of fusion energy to the world."
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You have to be quick around here. :)
Isn’t this sort of like building a Lamborghini Countach before anyone ever discovered oil and gasoline?
I know, it’s close enough to 20 that it fits the cliche.
I actually think it makes good sense to pick the site even if you don’t have the plan yet.
I’ve called for every municipality with 50,000 or more to prepare a site where one or more of the small concrete encased nukes can be dropped and connected to the grid.
You could keep a few ready to go in the midlands somewhere. And then drop one in when a disaster happens.
I thought cold fusion was 20 years off?
Operational in…yep, twenty years.
“I don’t know. It’s just 20 years off.”
Hey!
They’ve shaved it down to 18 years!🪄
🎶HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN..🎶
Everybody sing! 🥳
We’re saved.
“...I actually think it makes good sense
to pick the site even if you don’t have the plan yet...”
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Where do you think we should build the time machine?
Cargo-cult fusion plant has to look real!
The Ukaea have been bafooning around with this for decades.
The toy they have been playing with is just five miles up the road from me.
Many billions spent, it just won’t self sustain.....
Fusion and communism have something in common: “They just didn’t do it right, watch this!”
They will send someone from the future to tell us.
“Nowhere does the article mention that ...”
But it has the requisite couple of pretty pictures. It’s a worthy fusion power article.
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