Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will support a fusion plant in the UK

Investment company Amazon Jeff Bezos CEO of held Bezos, Expeditions energy companies, etc. and Microsoft to help General Fusion has announced plans to build and operate a nuclear fusion plant in collaboration with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) .. 'The new General Fusion plant will be a big boost to our plan to develop the fusion industry in the UK. Fusion energy is a great source of infinite low carbon energy,' said Amanda Solloway, Minister of State for Science in the United Kingdom. It has potential. '

General Fusion to build its Fusion Demonstration Plant in the UK, at the UKAEA Culham Campus --General Fusion
https://generalfusion.com/2021/06/general-fusion-to-build-its-fusion-demonstration-plant-in-the-uk-at-the-ukaea-culham-campus/

Nuclear fusion plant backed by Jeff Bezos to be built in UK | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/nuclear-jeff-bezos-amazon-fusion-uk-b1868091.html

Amazon's Jeff Bezos backing nuclear fusion plant in the UK | Fox Business
https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/jeff-bezos-backing-nuclear-fusion-plant-in-uk

Bezos-Backed Fusion Startup Picks UK to Build First Plant --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/bezos-backed-fusion-startup-picks-uk-to-build-first-plant

Based in British Columbia, Canada, General Fusion is a startup that develops fusion power plants based on magnetized target fusion technology. The company has received a total of $ 300 million in investment from Bezos Expeditions and Microsoft, including $ 127 million, and has attracted a lot of attention as a clean energy startup. Was there.

General Fusion's fusion technology first compresses a liquid metal chamber with a synchronous piston and injects hydrogen plasma into it. Next, the mechanism is to heat the plasma to 150 million degrees, which is 10 times that of the solar core, and generate electricity from this heat. According to the company, only 1 kg of fusion fuel can supply electricity to 10,000 households annually, which is equivalent to 55,000 barrels of oil / 6 million kg of natural gas / 10 million kg of coal.

General Fusion: The Fusion Demonstration Plant --YouTube


The General Fusion has agreed with UKAEA to build a new demonstration fusion plant. The plant will be built on the premises of the UKAEA-owned Column Fusion Energy Center, with construction scheduled to begin in 2022 and official operation scheduled for 2025. After operation, it will be operated in the form of a long-term lease.

The construction was decided this time for a 'demonstration plant' that is 70% the size of a commercial nuclear reactor, with the aim of verifying the cost-effectiveness and practicality of the fusion state to be formed, and improving economic efficiency. The construction agreement is part of the 10-Point Plan, a green industrial revolution promotion project announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in November 2020, with a total budget of 12 billion pounds (about 1). It is estimated that some percentage of the demonstration plant construction cost of 232.5 million pounds (about 44 billion yen) was paid out of the 0.8 trillion yen, but the British government has not disclosed the detailed breakdown.

'By being based in Column, we will be able to expand our market from North America to Europe and expand our global network with partners such as government and industry,' said Christopher Morley, CEO of General Fusion. It's very exciting news for the international effort to develop practical fusion energy. '