The multi-billion-pound project has been hailed as 'game-changing'
Nottinghamshire's West Burton A power station has won the race to become the UK's first nuclear fusion site. The former coal-fired station, near Retford, was chosen as the site for the multi-billion-pound project, Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg announced on Monday, October 3.
The project is tipped to generate 10,000 jobs. Nuclear fusion, which is currently only carried out in experiments, is a potential source of near-limitless clean energy. It is believed the West Burton A site, owned by EDF energy, will become one of the world's first power stations to harness its energy."It's game-changing and quite poetic in some ways," Mr Bradley, also Conservative MP for Mansfield, told Nottinghamshire Live.
"They'll be a multi-billion investment coming into our part of the world and the chance to lead the world really. If we get it right and build - as the plan is - this power station that can then be replicated, we can sell that to the world." Dave Langmead, Sturton Le Steeple resident and WBRPG member, said: "As we move towards a greener future it is exciting to know that our small community will be at the forefront in hosting the development of fusion technology, along with the opportunities for economic development that the project will bring to the area.”
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