How do operational fusion power plants compare in risk profile to industrial
installations HSE are familiar with regulating?
Background
To apply our expert knowledge and capability to enable businesses to understand both known and unknown risk and to innovate safely as we transition to net zero.
To develop our understanding of the future asset base and the role key stakeholders (e.g. designers, manufacturers, operators, etc.) play in managing risk and maintaining safe operations. To work with industry to prevent major incidents around new technologies and applications that come with the government’s commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through working with others to understand changing risks and challenges to ensure regulatory framework remains fit for purpose. We recognise that development of net zero technologies will present challenges that businesses and society are less familiar with. We will work to make sure that health and safety legislation does not prevent safe innovation and progress. To help manage risk, we will focus our attention on the breadth of activities that net zero encompasses. This will provide evidence to inform any policy, regulatory and operational changes needed to support business. We will achieve this by working partnerships with stakeholders, communication activities, regulatory interventions and enforcement. To bring together science, policy, and regulation, we will help businesses in Great Britain establish themselves as world leaders in net zero.
Next steps
Get in touch with hsecsa@hse.gov.uk
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Bay Fusion - Creation of a commercial fusion industry cluster
[Bay Fusion][0] was created to promote the development and operation of fusion energy technology in the north west of England, focussed around Morecambe Bay which is central to the North West Energy Coast and the North W...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on the development and operation of fusion energy technology, which directly relates to the comparison of risk profiles between fusion power plants and industrial installations.
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UKAEA / EPSRC Fusion Grant 2022/27
As energy demand increases and the impacts of climate change worsen, fusion offers the prospect of abundant, agile, low-carbon, baseload supply. During the next five years, fusion reaches a defining period. ITER - a ~20B...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the challenges and uncertainties in fusion powerplant design, which is relevant to the question. However, it does not directly compare the risk profile of operational fusion power plants to industrial installations.
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GEMINI 4.0
In Europe, electricity represents only ¼ of CO2 emissions. Therefore, the European decarbonisation objectives cannot be met without addressing the othersources of emissions as well, mainly industry and transport. ...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the decarbonization of industrial activities through High Temperature Reactor systems, which is relevant to understanding the risk profile comparison between fusion power plants and industrial installations.