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Over 100 people from 65 companies travelled to West Burton in North Nottinghamshire at a recent event hosted by UKAEA to find out more about the challenges and opportunities in building the UK’s fusion energy prototype powerplant (STEP programme).

The full day event was aimed at industry and attended by representatives from companies who are interested in working with UKAEA on the STEP Programme in the future.

Split into two parts; the event began with a morning of vehicle tours around the site at West Burton, to show the location where the future

STEP Prototype Powerplant will be built, followed by networking and a series of presentations.

Commenting on the event, Paul Methven, UKAEA’s Director of STEP, said: “The combination of being on the physical site and the excellent technical detail which was presented enabled industry see both the scale of the challenge and the scale of the opportunity.

“In addition, and perhaps most importantly, these events in person give industry the chance to talk to each other and find potential partners to span the breadth of capabilities we will need.”