Armed with £2.5 Billion,
The "UK Atomic Energy Authority"
( #UKAEA ) isn't promising a working commercial fusion reactor by 2030,
though it does want key development milestones in place that will build toward one.
The bulk of that funding will flow into
🔸the "Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production" ( #STEP ) project,
earmarked for a former coal power station site in Nottinghamshire,
🔸and UKAEA's Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, its HQ and home of the
"Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak"
( #MAST ) research programme.

Advanced computing will be central to all of this.

The UK government last month announced
£45 million ($60 million)
for a new AI-driven supercomputer called #Sunrise,
expected online this summer at the Culham Campus.

It is designed to help scientists model the physics of nuclear fusion.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukaea-strategy

New supercomputer in the search for nuclear fusion. But will it run Doom! ;-)

#HPC #AI #UKAEA #science #supercomputer #energy #sunrise

https://www.ukaea.org/news/45-million-for-uks-first-ai-supercomputer-to-accelerate-fusion-energy/

Attention-Worthy Links for December 7th, 2024

https://bit.ly/awl120724

#arabica #robusta #income #wilt #Fusarium #xylarioides #carbon-14 #diamond #battery #continuous #microwatts #UKAEA #Cyberattacks #telecommunications #persistent #access #50 #wiretap #celebrating #assassination #UnitedHealthcare #Reddit #X #Tiktok #Linkedin #post-election #pro-crypto #Trump #nomination #crypto-enthusiasts

Sunderland’s Boundaries Festival Returns for 2024
https://thequietus.com/news/sunderlands-boundaries-festival-returns-for-2024/

#thequietus #News #Boundaries_Festival #Natalia_Beylis #UKAEA

Watch "The latest developments in fusion energy - with the UKAEA" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/jI5K7PCiW3Y?si=2PVEMwCED6RDVpyw

> Hear about the latest research in the leading-edge field of fusion energy.
#RoyalInstitution #Fusion #Energy #physics #UKAEA

UKAEA unveils plans for digital twin for nuclear fusion reactor

Together with Cambridge University, Intel and Dell, the agency is working on virtual systems to accelerate the development of fusion power (reg wall)

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4119249/ukaea-unveils-plans-digital-twin-nuclear-fusion-reactor

#technews #technology #hpc #nuclearfusion #nuclear #digitaltwin #ukaea #uk