Nuclear fusion gets $3.4 billion boost as UK repurposes old coal plant site
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The UK government has committed £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) to build the world's first prototype fusion power plant. Called STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production), the project will be constructed on the site of a former coal power station in Nottinghamshire. This ambitious initiative aims to harness fusion energy, replicating the sun's power-generating process, and is expected to create over 10,000 jobs in the region.
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