Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Jay Brister

Fusion News

English - July 30, 2021 11:14 - 17 minutes - 14.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Fusion plant backed by Jeff Bezos to be built in UK - In this episode of our monthly podcast we chat to Jay Brister - Chief Business Development Officer at General Fusion - about their plans to build their demonstration plant in the UK at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in the UK.

Ella Fox-Widdows chats to Jay about General Fusion's mission, why they chose this site and the exciting timelines of getting fusion energy ready for the grid as early as possible. They go on to talk about a common theme in fusion - public-private partnerships and discuss further their plans for the plant in the UK.

You can find out more about General Fusion and their road to fusion on their fantastic YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb2rf7GIcASHg___QdrIwSw

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