
Professor William Nuttall
BSc, PhD
Current positions
Professor of Energy Policy and Transformation
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Research interests
Nuclear Technology and Policy - spanning fission and fusion.
Specific areas of research interest include:
- Fusion Commercialization
- Space Nuclear Systems (including Lunar)
- Nuclear Medicine Futures (global)
- Nuclear Threat Reduction
- Nuclear History
Hydrogen Energy Technology and Policy
Specific areas of research interest include:
- Hydrogen's potential contribution beyond being an energy carrier (e.g. cryogen or reducing agent)
- "Blue hydrogen" - and low carbon molecular energy futures
- Natural hydrogen (technology, policy and commercialization)
- Hydrogen linked to Bio-Energy Carbon Capture and Storage
- Hydrogen and the Global South
- Hydrogen Transport and Storage
- Hydrogen Products (e.g. purity)
Groups
Member of the Engineering Systems, Design and Innovation (ESDI) research centre at the University of Bristol (http://esdi.ac.uk).
Institutional Co-Lead Nuclear Threat Reduction Network - a national doctoral training activity led from the University of Bristol (https://ntr-net.uk/)
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Materials Innovation Partnership - Uranium used differently - Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/10/2026 to 31/03/2030
Publications
Recent publications
26/10/2026Fusion on the Moon: Nuclear Fusion for High-power, Semi-independent Lunar Development - SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Fusion on the Moon
Applied Nuclear Fusion: The Journey So Far and Imagining Ways Forward, A Personal View
Commercializing Fusion Energy
Conclusions
Commercializing Fusion Energy
Fusion Commercialisation - Elgar Encyclopedias in Economics and Finance series
Elgar Encyclopedia of Energy Economics
Fusion Products and Business Models
Commercializing Fusion Energy
