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Written Question
Nuclear Fusion
Wednesday 8th May 2024

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of progress being made towards the development of nuclear fusion, and by what date they estimate that electricity generated in this manner may be available to consumers.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government’s STEP Programme, the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production, will design, develop, and build by the 2040s a prototype fusion power plant capable of delivering energy to the UK grid. The Government has already committed over £240 million towards the first phase of STEP which will develop a concept design for the prototype plant. Hosted in West Burton, Nottinghamshire, STEP will play an important role in demonstrating the commercial viability of fusion energy and galvanise the UK fusion sector. Fusion Energy is anticipated to play a significant role in the UK’s energy production from the 2050’s and beyond.

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
UK Atomic Energy Authority

May. 02 2024

Source Page: UKAEA signs agreement with CVŘ to progress UK fusion plant design
Document: UKAEA signs agreement with CVŘ to progress UK fusion plant design (webpage)

Found: UKAEA signs agreement with CVŘ to progress UK fusion plant design

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

May. 01 2024

Source Page: UK calls for accelerated action to protect global biodiversity
Document: G7 Environment Ministers’ communique (PDF)

Found: Fusion Energy – We recognise that with future breakthroughs in fusion energy technology it has the

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Apr. 30 2024

Source Page: Innovation Zero 2024 - sustainability conference
Document: Innovation Zero 2024 - sustainability conference (webpage)

Found: We’ve experienced a global pandemic and an energy crisis driven by the biggest war in Europe since World

Select Committee
Business for Ukraine (B4Ukraine) Coalition
 RFS0007 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: complicity in the Kremlin’s war crimes by remaining in Russia. 4.3 As Russia moves to a Military-Civil Fusion

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space Technologies
Document: (PDF)

Found: several sector -specific reports, including on quantum technologies, drones, genetic technologies , and fusion

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
UK Atomic Energy Authority

Apr. 24 2024

Source Page: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024
Document: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024 (webpage)

Found: From: UK Atomic Energy Authority Published 24 April 2024 Get emails about this page

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
UK Atomic Energy Authority

Apr. 24 2024

Source Page: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: approved by Professor Sir Ian Chapman, the Chief Executive Officer of the Unit ed King dom Atomic Energy

Select Committee
2024-04-24 09:30:00+01:00

Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Inquiry: Cyber resilience of the UK's critical national infrastructure
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: workshop panels with members of the critical national infrastructure communities, particularly in energy

Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF)

Found: enquiries@dcms.gov.uk Department for Education CorrespondenceTeam.PO@education.gov.uk Department for Energy