UKAEA commits £8m to UK firms for shielding and fusion fuel tech
UKAEA has awarded contracts worth £8.1 million in total through the Fusion Industry Programme to 14 organisations to support the development of technologies for future fusion power plants.
Eleven organisations secured contracts worth £3 million to develop of sustainable shielding technology that will protect fusion machines from the extreme conditions produced by the plasma, high-energy neutrons and powerful magnetic fields essential for plasma confinement.
The other three organisations have secured contracts totalling £5 million to scale up fusion fuel technologies advancing the production and handling of hydrogen isotopes.
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