US-UK fusion agreement builds on King’s Address to Congress

Leading US and UK fusion labs deepen trans-Atlantic collaboration on plasma science, workforce exchange and advanced computing.

Trans-Atlantic cooperation on fusion energy has been strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

The agreement builds on the Address of His Majesty The King to the Joint Meeting of Congress in Washington D.C., which highlighted new partnerships between the UK and the United States on fusion energy, ensuring that “British and American ingenuity continues to lead the world”.

Jack Berkery, PPPL’s Deputy Director of Research for the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade, and Andrew Thornton, Head of MAST Upgrade at UKAEA viewing two gyrotrons for MAST Upgrade’s new heating system at UKAEA’s Culham Campus – Image credit: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority