Pembrokeshire County Council in South Wales has endorsed proposals to put the area forward as part of a UK government initiative to find a site to become the home of Step – the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production – the UK’s prototype fusion plant.
The proposed site is next to existing energy facilities on the south shore of the Haven waterway on Wales’ southwest coast.
The government has said the successful site will be home to the construction of the plant, targeted for completion by 2040, and will become a hub for fusion energy and associated industries.
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