Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 23753

Energy: Nuclear Fusion

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 21 January 2025

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits nuclear fusion as a future energy source.

Answer

Kerry McCarthy
Fusion has the potential to provide virtually limitless, low-carbon, safe, baseload energy which could revolutionise global energy production. The UK is at the forefront of commercialising fusion technology and is building a strong fusion industry which a...

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