UK's £650m fusion investment an attempt to undo damage from Brexit, admits nuclear chief

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UK's £650m fusion investment an attempt to undo damage from Brexit, admits nuclear chief
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UK companies were cut out of Europe's fusion programmes when it left Euratom in 2020, meaning it is now better value to invest directly in Britain than rejoin the programme, said Sir Ian Chapman

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, which is not an EU body but is governed by the European Court of Justice and the European Commission, in 2020 had led to British companies being blocked from bidding for contracts.

“We have not been a part of [Europe’s fusion programme] for two years and nine months, and that whole time UK industry has not been eligible to win new contracts. Not only have they not won new contracts, but it has been such a long period of time, they’ve stopped bidding for work now and they’ve disengaged,” Sir Ian told a press conference on Thursday.

Asked if granting £650m of direct funding instead of rejoining Euratom’s fusion programme was a case of attempting to make up for irretrievable damage from Brexit, Sir Ian said: “Yes, that’s right.”

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