2019-10-02 11:05:00
UK'S FUSION INVESTMENT $246 MLN
PLATTS - The UK's ruling Conservative Party has pledged GBP200 million ($246 million) towards funding a commercial nuclear fusion power plant in the UK by 2040, according to a statement Sunday by Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Andrea Leadsom.
A UK Atomic Energy Authority spokesman told S&P Global Platts the funds were separate to the UK's participation via the EU in the global ITER fusion research project in France.
"The Government is…
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2019, September, 26, 13:25:00
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2019, December, 6, 13:35:00
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2019, December, 6, 13:20:00
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2019, December, 6, 13:15:00
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2019, December, 6, 13:10:00
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2019, December, 6, 13:05:00
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