UK Picks Dassault Systemes Software to Develop Fusion Energy Prototype Plant
May 17 2023 - 2:32AM
Dow Jones News
By Giulia Petroni
The U.K. Atomic Energy Authority has chosen Dassault Systemes'
software platform to develop a prototype fusion energy plant that
aims to generate electricity from fusion and put it on the national
grid.
The French software company said Wednesday that its so-called 3D
experience platform is able to provide "a unified virtual
environment and a single source of information through all phases
of the plant's life cycle," overcoming inefficiencies caused by
entrenched data.
The UKAEA plans to deliver a prototype plant through its
Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production program, also known as
STEP, starting with a concept design of a spherical tokamak--a
device using a magnetic field to confine plasma and where the
fusion reaction is set to take place--by 2024.
"One of the challenges we face is the development and management
of huge amounts of engineering design data," said Chris Waldon,
delivery director at STEP.
Fusion powers the sun and other stars, and has the potential to
provide huge amounts of carbon-free energy and limited
radioactivity. The reaction, which occurs when at least two light
atomic nuclei merge to form a single heavier one, takes place in a
state of matter called plasma and requires temperatures exceeding
100 million degrees Celsius.
Write to Giulia Petroni at giulia.petroni@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 17, 2023 02:17 ET (06:17 GMT)
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