Howard Wilson (physicist)

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Howard Wilson is a British professor of plasma physics at the University of York. He served as research programme director at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority during 2017-2019, and then as interim Director of the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) fusion reactor programme 2019-2020. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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