UKAEA Culham Campus to host General Fusion plant

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Canadian fusion energy company General Fusion has revealed plans to build its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP) at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)’s Culham Campus.

The agreement will see General Fusion enter into a long-term lease with UKAEA following the new facility’s construction. The FDP will demonstrate General Fusion’s Magnetised Target Fusion (MTF) technology and aims to pave the way for a subsequent commercial pilot plant.

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The MTF approach is different to the tokamak approach used in JET, MAST Upgrade and ITER, but UKAEA and General Fusion expect to collaborate on technologies of mutual interest.

Science minister Amanda Solloway described the project as ‘cutting-edge and transformative’.

“Fusion energy has great potential as a source of limitless, low-carbon energy, and today’s announcement is a clear vote of confidence in the region and the UK’s status as a global science superpower,” she said.

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