Fusion Futures
World-leading innovation stimulating industry capacity through international collaboration and the development of future fusion power plants.
Aims
- To maintain essential fusion research conducted in the UK and seek mutually beneficial international collaborations.
- To enable the UK to maintain its global technical lead in fusion through the delivery of domestic capabilities.
- To create a strong UK industrial sector that leads the world in operationalising and commercialising fusion energy.
Programme details
Fusion Futures is currently split into the following principal areas:
LIBRTI (Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation): aims to create a world leading facility and science programme to demonstrate the feasibility of power plant relevant fusion fuel technology.
IRIS (International, Research, Investment & Skills): a package of activities to access new international collaborations in fusion, undertake essential research in partnership with European labs and facilities, unlock investment into fusion tech and the UK fusion cluster, and boost skills growth at all levels. IRIS incorporates the skills sub-programme Fusion Opportunities in Skills, Training, Education and Research (FOSTER), which aims to build a fusion skills ecosystem – with international reach – that can train, develop, and grow the fusion generation who will deliver fusion energy to the grid. It also includes Technology Transfer Hub, International Computing and Fusion Concepts in Future Energy Landscapes.
Industry Capability: aims to create a strong UK industrial sector that leads the world in operationalising and commercialising fusion energy.