UK-Japan charting a joint nuclear fusion future

TOKYO – Tokamak Energy, the UK’s leading nuclear fusion technology developer, has become part of Japan’s energy innovation strategy.

After several years of building relations with Japanese government agencies, corporations and academic and scientific institutions, Tokamak Energy established a subsidiary in Tokyo in February and won a “green transformation” award from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in April.

Tokamak Energy was founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Of the approximately ten fusion technology developers in the UK, it is widely regarded as the one closest to commercialization, although that appears to be at least a decade away.