The UK Government has initiated the consultation process for its proposed policy to regulate the siting of commercial nuclear fusion reactors in England. (Siting policies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the responsibility for their respective devolved regional governments.) The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero has done so by publishing a document, ‘Consultation on a new National Policy Statement for Fusion Energy – The proposed approach to siting fusion energy facilities’. This follows the passing, by the UK Parliament last year, of the world’s first legislation (the Energy Act) to regulate commercial nuclear fusion power plants. These steps reflect the rapid scientific, technological and engineering progress now being made in the field of nuclear fusion.