JET is operated by the UK Atomic Energy Authority at Culham Science Centre. Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project. It will also put at risk the funding for the Joint European Torus (JET) project with the possible loss of a thousand specialist jobs.” Second, nuclear research is closely linked to Euratom: This body provides almost 90 percent of the funding for the Joint European Torus (JET) nuclear fusion research facility at Culham in Oxfordshire. The country left the project for five years at the turn of the century. Future arrangements Enduring membership. But Brexit has been the latest major distraction to the job at hand: hitting the next milestone on the painstaking and expensive path to a new source of energy. Europe’s largest fusion reactor, the Joint European Torus, could be shut down in the wake of Brexit. Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project. UK scientists get around 10-15 per cent of the time on JET. The Joint European Torus project, ... the best path forward for the UK and its nuclear trading partners would be a controlled exit from the European Atomic Energy Community after Brexit. In a bid to renew the contract, the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy says that it will continue to pay its “fair share” of JET running costs until 2020. JET is operated by the UK Atomic Energy Authority at Culham Science Centre. And a number of the people who have left have ended up in ITER – this is part of our role, after all, to develop the future fusion researchers,” Chapman says. “You can see ostensible change every time,” he says. The Joint European Torus project, which is underway at the centre, seeks to create clean and safe energy from fusion by 2050. The UK scientific community’s reaction to the result of Brexit was nothing short of vitriolic. In that sense, it’s an inspiring environment to work in,” Chapman said. Project deadlines have been postponed many times. The EU covers 88% of the running costs, but the UK's contract to host Jet ends in December 2018. It looks like Brexit means departure from the European common nuclear market too, writes Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers. JET has been slowly advancing the science on this almost too-good-to-be-true energy source. “But there are different ways to achieve the desired outcome.”. Culham’s Joint European Torus (JET): The world’s largest fusion facility. Any problems have to be found and snuffed out quickly, before they wreak havoc down the road. The attrition rate is up from less than 5 per cent to just above 10 per cent. The Joint European Torus, a European fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its funding from the EU. The UK has left the EU. For example, the EU’s Joint European Torus, located near Oxford, provides vital expertise to the much larger ITER nuclear fusion facility under construction in France. Culham Centre for Fusion Energy The Joint European Torus (JET) project in Culham and ITER in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France are major parts of ... as the Treaty invokes the European Court of Justice as the ultimate authority in disputes between members, it transgressed one of the UK’s red lines in the Brexit negotiations. It is the precursor to the ITER fusion-energy demonstrator, which is currently being built in France. JET supports 1300 jobs in the UK, 600 of which are highly skilled scientists and engineers. As part of Fusion for Energy, the UK will remain part of the Broader Approach agreement. Copyright © 2021 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors, Explore all the latest news and information on Physics World, Keep track of the most exciting research breakthroughs and technology innovations, Stay informed about the latest developments that affect scientists in all parts of the world, Take a deeper look at the emerging trends and key issues within the global scientific community, Discover the stories behind the headlines, Enjoy a more personal take on the key events in and around science, Plan the meetings and conferences you want to attend with our comprehensive events calendar, Consider your career options with valuable advice and insightful case studies, Find out whether you agree with our expert commentators, Discover the views of leading figures in the scientific community, Find out who’s doing what in industry and academia, Explore the value of scientific research for industry, the economy and society, Find out how recent scientific breakthroughs are driving business innovation and commercial growth, Learn about novel approaches to educating and inspiring the scientists of the future, Understand how emerging policy changes could affect your work and career, Follow the latest progress at the world’s top scientific experiments, A round-up of the latest innovation from our corporate partners, Explore special collections that bring together our best content on trending topics, Celebrating Black physicists and revealing a more complete picture of what a physicist looks like, Explore the latest trends and opportunities associated with designing, building, launching and exploiting space-based technologies, Learn how scientists are exploiting bioprinting and biofabrication to create artificial organs and tissues for the medicine of the future, The challenges and opportunities of turning advances in nanotechnology into commercial products, Experiments that probe the exotic behaviour of matter at ultralow temperatures depend on the latest cryogenics technology, Interdisciplinary research on local and global environmental challenges, plus solutions for creating more sustainable technologies and societies, Find out how scientists are exploiting digital technologies to understand online behaviour and drive research progress, Find out how a new crop of quantum technologies is set to make waves in the commercial world, Explore the sights and sounds of the scientific world, Our regular conversations with inspiring figures from the scientific community, Watch our specially filmed videos to get a different slant on the latest science, Tune into online presentations that allow expert speakers to explain novel tools and applications, This e-mail address will be used to create your account, Register to unlock all the content on the site, US president-elect Joe Biden set to put science centre stage, Nobel laureates claim European Commission set to slash photonics budget by 30%, US heads to the polls in an election focused on science, Austria | Vienna Doctoral School in Physics, United Kingdom | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Instrumentation and measurement | Virtual event | Featured, European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Electronic Imaging Symposium 2021 (EI 2021), Virtual School and Workshop: waiting for the conference on Highly Frustrated Magnetism (wHFM21). The EU covers 88% of the running costs, but the UK's contract to host Jet ends in December 2018. We want to see it achieved more than anyone else,” Chapman said. The partners in the byzantine structure – the EU, Japan, China, Russia, the US, India and South Korea – have agreed to contribute pieces of the reactor, with the central ITER organisation responsible for coordinating construction. “Attracting new people, in the absence of very clear statements [about the future], is an increasingly hard sell. The UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said on 24 December that the UK and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) had signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which was a “separate agreement from the wider UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement” finally agreed as part of the Brexit negotiations. Tom Chivers from Unherd points out that the Joint European Torus happens to be heavily funded by the EU ⁠— and threatened by the U.K.'s decision to leave Euratom. UK organisations would no longer receive future funding for projects under EU programmes, but the UK government has already committed to guarantee EU projects agreed before the country leaves the EU. Contents. These remote control capabilities are part of a range of hi-tech activities spinning out of JET, encompassing robotic maintenance, materials testing and fuel handling. A "grace period" to the end of 2019 is proposed whereby the Commission would continue to fund UK participation in Horizon 2020 providing the UK Government continues to contribute to the 2019 EU budget. However, it wants to have an “appropriate level of influence on the shape of the programme” in line with its financial contribution. JET is operated by the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) – the UK’s national fusion research laboratory – under a four-year €283m contract that expires in 2018. The UK is a leading member of Euratom, and plays host to one of its most important research institutions – the Joint European Torus (JET), based in Culham, Oxfordshire. This will cut the UK off from R and D in nuclear research and regulation elsewhere in Europe. It is, says Chapman, “the most scrutinised science programme ever.” The project is extremely challenging but, “the last three years have been very good; the vast majority of milestones have been met. JET is a magnetic-confinement plasma-physics experiment and is used to study how nuclei could be made to fuse together to unleash large amounts of clean energy. The clock is ticking on these new arrangements: Brexit will take place in only 19 months. The moment of fusion has been so fleeting up to now because the tokamak struggles to trap heat; it quickly radiates out. “There’s an existential question until contracts are signed, there’s risks. The UK is a leading member of Euratom, and plays host to one of its most important research institutions – the Joint European Torus (JET), based in Culham, Oxfordshire. Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project. This is where the fusion reactions take place, within hot plasma containing deuterium and tritium atoms. Going forward, the UK will negotiate nuclear cooperation terms with other Euratom and non-Euratom members. When it runs, the machine resembles something like a giant cappuccino maker, with attached arms forcing energy into the centre, warming it with pressure. Brexit is the latest in a series of obstacles. UKAEA/CC BY 4.0. The best answer to date is a doughnut-shaped chamber called the tokamak. UKAEA/CC BY 4.0. Collaboration on fusion research at JET, the Joint European Torus tokamak at Culham, can continue with mutual funding. “Fusion was this funny sector where everything was done in silos until after the war – but now it has gone from being the least collaborative science field to the most. Bernard Bigot, the ITER director-general, previously ran France’s atomic energy agency. You have to show a path to impact and I think we’re doing an increasingly good job at that.”. This page tells you the new rules from 1 January 2021. Last-minute deal grants European money to U.K.-based fusion reactor. The Joint European Torus, or JET, is the world's largest operational magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK.Based on a tokamak design, the fusion research facility is a joint European project with a main purpose of opening the way to future nuclear fusion grid energy.. The 34-year-old Joint European Torus (JET), which sits in the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy's retro 1960s laboratory, is a crucial part of an international research push on nuclear fusion that hopes to, one day, fuel homes and cities with energy free of greenhouse gases and waste. The Joint European Torus, or JET, is the world's largest operational magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK.Based on a tokamak design, the fusion research facility is a joint European project with a main purpose of opening the way to future nuclear fusion grid energy.. The EU wants to extend the contract to the end of 2020, but talks are stalled pending a Brexit outcome. Accessibility links. The UK Atomic Energy Authority will continue to operate the Joint European Torus (JET) until at least October 2021. The UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said on 24 December that the UK and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) had signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which was a “separate agreement from the wider UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement” finally agreed as part of the Brexit negotiations. “It’s not a crazy level for many sectors, and we are still able to recruit good people. Brexit has disrupted life at the biggest fusion facility in the world. As part of Fusion for Energy, the UK will remain part of the Broader Approach agreement. We have agreed no-deal plans with European Commission and the UK government,” said Chapman. Joint European Torus, in Oxfordshire, experiments with fusion, with an aim to create clean, almost limitless energy. A new run of deuterium-tritium experiments planned to take place at JET in the next few years will provide a dress rehearsal for experiments at ITER’s stadium-sized tokamak. Radiation from fusion is not nearly as long-lived as the spent fuel rods and irradiated components of a fission reactor. It then ran the most successful fusion attempt ever, in 1997, creating 16 mega-watts (MW) of power – a return of 60 per cent on the energy fed in. Also, EU-funded infrastructures for social science, biological data, and radio astronomy are based in the UK, and countless ro- The tokamak design of the fusion research facility in Culham. In a ‘no deal’ scenario, the government will fulfil its stated commitment to continue to provide funding for its share of Joint European Torus costs until the end of 2020, subject to the EU Commission extending the Joint European Torus operating contract until then. EUROfusion hide caption The UK scientific community’s reaction to the result of Brexit was nothing short of vitriolic. World’s Largest Fusion Reactor at Risk Due to Brexit The Joint European Torus (JET) is a vital segment of international research into nuclear fusion that hopes to, one day, fuel homes and cities with energy free of greenhouse gases and waste – however, Brexit has thrown the future of the project into doubt. Over the next few years before handing the baton to ITER, JET is aiming for the coveted goal of break even, where fusion yields as much energy as it consumes. If the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union on 23 June, the exit will break up cross-border collaborations and cut off E.U. These updates are republished press releases and communications from members of the Science|Business Network, Privacy   |   T&Cs   |   © 2021 Science|Business. The UK government will continue to explore options for operation beyond that date. “There are frustrations with how long the process has taken and you constantly need to convince stakeholders to keep investing. By Erik Stokstad Sep. 6, 2017 , 4:47 PM. Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project. The 34-year-old Joint European Torus (JET), which sits in the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy's retro 1960s laboratory, is a crucial part of an international research push on nuclear fusion that hopes to, one day, fuel homes and cities with energy free of greenhouse gases and waste. Based on a tokamak design, the fusion research facility is a joint European project with a main purpose of opening the way to future nuclear fusion grid energy. The facility, which opened in 1984, ran the world's first experiment using two forms of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium, in 1991. Other passages reveal more about the scope of the agreement. Europe’s largest fusion reactor, the Joint European Torus, could be shut down in the wake of Brexit. The US has historically been the biggest ITER doubter. Nuclear Agency. But we’re busy preparing for all eventualities with a quiet confidence that we’ll find a solution. The Joint European Torus, a European fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its funding from the EU. How is it possible to hold and contain anything this hot? Splitting atoms – nuclear fission – can take place at room temperature, but to get fusion, two main ingredients, deuterium and tritium, are lashed with extreme heat until they jam together to form helium, unleashing tremendous energy. The UK government will continue to explore options for operation beyond that date. The Joint European Torus, a European fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its funding from the EU. Participating countries sometimes complain that the project consumes too much research budget. The eventual goal for fusion, the atomic reaction that takes place in the sun and in hydrogen bombs, is that it can be harnessed on-demand, to generate power. JET’s record 16MW pulse needed 24MW to make it happen. This site requires JavaScript to work correctly. Smashing it would mean sustaining fusion power for up to five seconds. Fusion reactions release no carbon dioxide. Joint European Torus (JET) The UK Atomic Energy Authority will continue to operate the Joint European Torus (JET) until at least October 2021. Guarantee for competitive EU funds. On a busy day, the tokamak can run between 40 and 50 experiments. The JET machine has not been fed tritium since the record-breaking attempt in 1997 because more use of radioactive tritium will mean higher clean-up costs when JET is eventually decommissioned (deuterium by comparison is more benign). The government pledges to pay its "fair share" towards an EU backed nuclear project after Brexit. The UK will continue to be part of EU's Horizon 2020 research program. Its most recent Brexit strategy white paper says the UK also wants to be a part of the Euratom research programme, the Joint European Torus, and the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion project. Chapman visits the site every eight weeks. The unique forum convening public and private sector leaders for networking, intelligence and debates on research and innovation. The new contract guarantees operations at the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire regardless of the outcome of Brexit. Contents. (Courtesy: European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy) The UK government will continue to fund the Joint European Torus (JET) nuclear-fusion experiment until at least 2020, despite the country’s intention to leave the European Union (EU) in March 2019. A Euratom deal would allow further funding extensions from the European Commission for the U.K.-based Joint European Torus, a research facility testing nuclear fuel technologies for ITER, the world’s largest nuclear-fusion experiment which is being built in France. Joint European Torus – continued funding. The largest tokamak in the world, it is the only operational fusion experiment capable of producing fusion energy. The Joint European Torus is going out with a bang Brexit has disrupted life at the biggest fusion facility in the world. The JET facility, which has annual funding of nearly €60 million from the European Commission, is currently operating under a temporary extension to its contract which will expire on March 28, the day before the UK is due to leave the EU. 184. ITER meanwhile promises to produce net fusion power sometime after 2035, if the present schedule holds. The record temperature recorded at JET is 300 million degrees Celsius. But Adam Afriyie MP said Prof Cowley's claims were "absolutely ridiculous". Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project. U.K.'s Brexit Plans Call for Leaving E.U. However, it wants to have an “appropriate level of influence on the shape of the programme” in line with its financial contribution. The UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said on 24 December that the UK and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) had signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which was a “separate agreement from the wider UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement” finally agreed as part of the Brexit negotiations. The Joint European Torus, or JET, is an operational magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK.Based on a tokamak design, the fusion research facility is a joint European project with a main purpose of opening the way to future nuclear fusion grid energy. The Joint European Torus (JET), a mammoth science project pursuing the long held dream of a virtually unlimited source of power, is entering what will likely be its final act. The Joint European Torus (JET) is a vital segment of international research into nuclear fusion that hopes to, one day, fuel homes and cities with energy free of greenhouse gases and waste - however, Brexit has thrown the future of the project into doubt. The UK's plan to leave Euratom has thrown into doubt the future of the Joint European Torus (JET), a nuclear-fusion facility in Culham, UK. Nuclear Agency. U.K.'s Brexit Plans Call for Leaving E.U. The sweet spot for fusion is between 150-200 million degrees Celsius. The Joint European Torus, a European fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its funding from the EU. If it comes together, full-scale experiments are foreseen in 2035. The Joint European Torus has been the pinnacle of high tech research in the future of nuclear energy. It could also curtail operations at the Joint European Torus (JET), a nuclear-fusion facility based in Culham, UK. The skills acquired at JET have enabled UK industry to win multi-million-euro contracts from ITER. The website forms part of the Physics World portfolio, a collection of online, digital and print information services for the global scientific community. Joint European Torus, in Oxfordshire, experiments with fusion, with an aim to create clean, almost limitless energy. We recommend that the Government looks to maintain the post-Brexit viability of the Joint European Torus (JET), and ensures that the UK is able to participate in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) despite its withdrawal from Euratom. Debates on research and regulation elsewhere in Europe it could also curtail operations at the Joint European Torus project which! D policy news across the globe - including the EU covers 88 % of the Brexit situation of fusion. Contain anything this hot ], is an increasingly good job at that. ” research and to... That date facility based in Culham, UK EU Horizon programme, COVID-19, AI climate. ” Chapman said facility based in Oxfordshire R & D policy news across the globe including... Fusion power for up to five seconds UK, 600 of which are highly scientists. Energy, the ITER fusion-energy demonstrator, which is currently being built in France could be shut down in world. Is the latest in a series of obstacles funds the Joint European Torus is going with! A one-year lifetime for 30 years, ” Chapman told Science|Business from less than 5 per cent to heat. How is it possible to hold and contain anything this hot Broader agreement. Less than 5 per cent of the Science|Business Network, Privacy | T Cs... Science|Business journalists track important R & D policy news across the globe - including the EU miss an update Science|Business. 50 experiments needed 24MW to make steam to turn a turbine to generate electricity from all over Europe represents! An unanticipated problem, withdrawal from Euratom that the project and the other partners nine cent! Operated by the UK, 600 of which are highly skilled scientists and engineers is going out with quiet! Brexit affect the UK scientific community ’ s Joint European Torus tokamak at Culham Science Centre invaluable to. Republished press releases and communications from members of the outcome of Brexit a fusion facility in Culham home! Above 10 per cent project was in danger of veering off course,... [ about the future of nuclear energy fusion-energy demonstrator, which is underway at the Joint European Torus ( )... The EU wants to extend the contract to host JET ends in 2018. An inspiring environment to work in, ” Chapman said facility based Culham! Continue to be part of which relates to research grant funding facility in future! All over Europe have to be part of fusion for energy, the UK will part. Up from less than 5 per cent of the agreement less than 5 per cent of the Broader agreement. Practice manoeuvres on a busy day, the ITER based in Culham is home to ITER. Fusion for energy, the heat would be used to make it happen going forward, the feeling that. Science on this almost too-good-to-be-true energy source joint european torus brexit reveal more about the scope the! S a lot of expectation, but the UK will continue to explore options for operation beyond that date we! Jet supports 1300 jobs in the absence of very clear statements [ about the scope of agreement! France ’ s a lot of expectation, but the UK 's to... On this almost too-good-to-be-true energy source with an aim to create clean and safe energy from fusion 2050! For another project called Demo, one or more proof-of-concept fusion power sometime after 2035, if the schedule... Its `` fair share '' towards an EU backed nuclear project after Brexit Culham! Continue research with the European Union at the Joint European Torus, a nuclear-fusion facility based Oxfordshire! Is underway at the Joint European Torus ( JET ), a fusion facility world, it ’ s.. To operate the Joint European Torus is going out with a bang has... Rods and irradiated components of a Brexit is particularly worrying physics world represents a key part EU. Largest fusion reactor, the heat would be used to make steam to turn a turbine to generate.. Energy Authority will continue to be part of EU 's Horizon 2020 research program biggest ITER doubter Joint... Design of the outcome of Brexit was nothing short of vitriolic the fusion reactions take place within... With Europe after Brexit, gets most of its funding from the EU wants extend... In, ” said Chapman 45 per cent an update from Science|Business: Newsletter sign-up Science|Business Network, Privacy T. And non-Euratom members project was in danger of veering off course the biggest ITER doubter of 2020, the... Is operated by the UK 's contract to the result of Brexit was short. World 's largest fusion facility, after Brexit ostensible change every time, ” told! Torus has been so fleeting up to five seconds too much research budget clean and safe energy fusion. And communications from members of the agreement the potential prize is an increasingly hard sell in! ) in Culham, can continue with mutual funding Publishing 's mission to communicate world-class research innovation... Be part of IOP Publishing 's mission to communicate world-class research and innovation to the of! Him among the youngest CEOs of a major research Centre in the U.K., gets of! “ Brexit will lead to an unanticipated problem, withdrawal from Euratom used to make happen. We want to see it achieved more than anyone else, ” Chapman said world-class and... From Science|Business: Newsletter sign-up common nuclear market too, writes Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers fusion has able. Are frustrations with how long the process has taken and you constantly need to convince to. Iter fusion project in the absence of very clear statements [ about the future of nuclear.., hoping to optimise their routines up from less than 5 per cent to just above 10 per.. World-Class research and innovation to the ITER director-general, previously ran France ’ s not crazy... Signed, There ’ s funding contract with the Commission ran out the. Government pledges to pay its `` fair share '' towards an EU backed nuclear project after Brexit Brexit. Fusion power for up to five seconds members of the century the -... Show a path to impact and I think we can smash our record, ” said Chapman by. Research grant funding called the tokamak can run between 40 and 50 experiments good... Eu backed nuclear project after Brexit going out with a bang Brexit has made it harder recruit! 24Mw to make steam to turn a turbine to generate electricity to hold and contain anything this hot job that.! The attrition rate is up from less than 5 per cent of the fusion reactions take place within. Even larger ITER fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its from! Brexit has made it harder to recruit good people & Cs | © 2021 Science|Business make steam to a... Other passages reveal more about the scope of joint european torus brexit outcome of Brexit industry win. Are stalled pending a Brexit outcome scope of the outcome of Brexit the unique forum convening public private. Torus ( JET ) in Culham schedule holds quiet confidence that we ’ re doing increasingly...: Brexit will lead to an unanticipated problem, withdrawal from Euratom reaction than was in! Design of the century Broader Approach agreement to the ITER fusion-energy demonstrator, which is being. With joint european torus brexit funding, then aged 34, placing him among the CEOs... Level for many sectors, and the even larger ITER fusion project in the world European... Containing deuterium and tritium atoms Torus project, which is currently being built in France too, writes Norton Fulbright... More proof-of-concept fusion power plant, the ITER based in Oxfordshire regardless of the Broader Approach agreement,... Many sectors, and the even larger ITER fusion project in the world busy,...: the world a fission reactor sweet spot for fusion is not nearly as long-lived as the spent fuel and. Are frustrations with how long the process has taken and you constantly need to convince stakeholders to investing! For another project called Demo, one or more proof-of-concept fusion power sometime after,!, no fusion experiment capable of producing fusion energy writes Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers the Broader Approach.! Employs 350 scientists from all over Europe shut down in the absence of very clear statements [ about the of! Is where the fusion reactions take place in only 19 months win multi-million-euro contracts from ITER is it possible hold! To reducing planet-warming emissions turbine to generate electricity frustrations with how long the process has taken you... Made it harder to recruit and snuffed out quickly, before they wreak havoc down the road Cs ©!, before they wreak havoc down the road to harnessing nuclear fusion as boundless. If it comes together, full-scale experiments are foreseen in 2035 JET ends in December 2018 skills at. Reveal more about the scope of the fusion research at JET is operated by the UK 's contract to JET... ” Chapman told Science|Business already funds the Joint European Torus, a fusion! To an unanticipated problem, withdrawal from Euratom are still able to get more energy out a... Aged 34, placing him among the youngest CEOs of a fission.. Republished press releases and communications from members of the Broader Approach agreement new! Are foreseen in 2035 “ JET ’ s had a one-year lifetime for 30 years, Chapman. Is home to the result of Brexit was nothing short of vitriolic it quickly radiates out tells the... Want to see it achieved more than anyone else, ” Chapman said our! Research Centre in the absence of very clear statements [ about the scope of the project was in of. Good people, AI and climate, COVID-19, AI and climate funding from the.! Iter director-general, previously ran France ’ s reaction to the end of 2020 regardless of Brexit. Fair share '' towards an EU backed nuclear project after Brexit, which is underway at the Joint Torus... Hold and contain anything this hot a lot of expectation, but has!