"Fusion power is going to happen," says new UK fusion director
17 Nov 2008
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Sabina Griffith
To him, retirement means one big relief: no more neckties! In September Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, Chair of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Council, retired from his post as Director of the UK fusion program, handing over to Steve Cowley, formerly of University of California Los Angeles and Imperial College. "Fusion power is going to happen," Cowley said in an interview recently published in the UKAEA annual report. "Our job is to make it happen as soon and as cheaply as possible."