The UK and US are signing agreements at the Global Fusion Summit to combine expertise in AI, computing and fusion.

The first agreement will launch a new supercomputing partnership between the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, combining expertise in AI, computing and fusion to accelerate the development of commercial fusion. The summit will also see the UK and US committing to closer cooperation on regulating fusion energy.

On top of the agreements, The University of Birmingham, Electric Power Research Institute and industry partners have secured a £3m collaboration on fusion materials, strengthening UK industrial capability and supporting international collaboration in one of the world’s most promising emerging technologies.

Japan’s largest fusion company, Kyoto Fusioneering, will also invest up to £3 million in the UK through Project ALBION, supporting the development and testing of materials for the UK government-backed STEP programme, which is designing a prototype fusion power plant.

---