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So who works in fusion energy then?

Will D

Hi everyone Wave

As you may have noticed, fusion energy development is gaining momentum and there's been significant investment by the private sector for a few years now. The UK leads the way in fusion energy research and the UK government seems to be making fusion energy a key focus with significant investment, such as the STEP project. Amongst all the professional engineering institutions, the IET is the most natural home for the professional hub of "fusioneering" because most fusion energy devices are fundamentally electrical machines. I think the IET should be leading the way in furthering the engineering aspects of fusion energy, however first we need to organise ourselves and understand who our members are and where our expertise is. We don't have a "fusion energy technical network", so the most natural home for us for now is the Nuclear Engineering Technical Network  Nuclear engineering, which I am part of.

So, who amongst us also works in fusion energy, like me?

Cheers,

Will Slight smile

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  • Hi Will,

    I work in fusion as the Control Systems Lead on the UKAEA STEP Programme. I transferred over from Fission in 2019 at which time I was working as the (nuclear) Software Assurance lead for Hitachi's BWR programme (working for Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe). I think up until recently the fusion community has mostly consisted of scientist and engineers with a scientific background/origins (although of course, we call all be said to fundamentally have a scientific background). But, as you say, that is changing now with a drive towards delivering commercially viable machines and the goal of fusion energy!

    I look forward to speaking with you and others like ourselves who are turning our talents to the problems (and opportunities) of fusion engineering

    Terry

  • in reply to Terry Thompson

    Hi Terry,

    Thank you for joining us and for introducing yourself! Great to have someone from with a background in power plants working on STEP. I'm sure there are plenty of other IET members with you at UKAEA so please encourage them to join in with the IET's conversations on fusion.

    Cheers Slight smile

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  • in reply to Terry Thompson

    Hi Terry,

    Thank you for joining us and for introducing yourself! Great to have someone from with a background in power plants working on STEP. I'm sure there are plenty of other IET members with you at UKAEA so please encourage them to join in with the IET's conversations on fusion.

    Cheers Slight smile

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