The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has short-listed five locations around the UK as potential sites for the UK's first-ever prototype nuclear fusion energy plant. The plant will be known as the Spherical Tokamak Energy Plant (STEP) and could be built at;
* Ardeer (North Ayrshire)
* Goole (East Riding of Yorkshire)
* Moorside (Cumbria)
* Ratcliffe-on-Soar (Nottinghamshire)
* Severn Edge (South Gloucestershire & Gloucestershire)
More: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/five ... ergy-plant
(UKAEA) 26th May 2021
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