Commercialising Fusion Energy

Corresponding Editor William Nuttall is a Professor of energy at The Open University, UK. He is also a Fellow of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, USA and a Fellow of the Construction Engineering Masters programme at the University of Cambridge. He is an Affiliated Lecturer within the University of Cambridge Engineering Department and a Fellow of Hughes Hall a college of the University of Cambridge. He has extensive policy advice experience with the UK government and the European Union. Satoshi Konishi is a Professor at the Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University. He was previously the Director of the Fusion Reactor Systems Laboratory at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. He earned his PhD from the University of Tokyo. Shutaro Takeda is a Fellow of the Urban Institute, Kyushu University. He conducts research on energy sustainability, energy economy and renewable energy policy in developing nations. He is also the Research Representative of the Public Outreach Initiative for Nuclear Fusion at the National Institute for Fusion Science. In 2018, he was named the International Young Energy Professional of the Year by the Association of Energy Engineers. David Webbe-Wood is a PhD student in the School of Engineering and Innovation at The Open University. He previously earned his Master of Research qualification in Nuclear Energy from Imperial College London. He is a member of The Society for Radiological Protection and a former Radiological Protection Specialist.