Accelerating the World’s Transition to Fusion Energy
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A viable pathway to commercial fusion with the ability to generate massive revenue through nuclear effects testing along the way.
The Honorable Lisa Gordon-Hagerty
Former Administrator of the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
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As the US Air Force and Space Force optimize for global competition, Fuse is exactly what they need to increase resiliency.
Aaron Prupas
USAF Major General (ret), Director of Defense Intelligence in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Fuse has demonstrated the ability to control module triggering and control pulse shaping, with experimental results correlating with simulated results with over 99% accuracy. That the team went from initial design to physical testing with these results in less than 18-months is impressive.
In 2018 and then further in 2022, Sandia National Lab demonstrated the feasibility of Magnetized-Liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) for fusion engineering breakeven. What’s holding us back? Repetition rate and cost. That’s why fuse is obsessively focused on engineering efficiency and affordability. MagLIF integrates proven fusion technologies.
Path to power plant
From shot frequency and debris management to steep costs and system complexity – big challenges remain. But we're undeterred. Our tested, iterative approach breaks down tough challenges into solvable objectives – it's how we've delivered two neutron-producing fusion generators and the world's first IMG pulser in less than three years, on time and on a lean budget.
Oil Enclosure
17 Bricks Per Stage
De-ionized Water
TITAN
1 TW
90% energy efficient
TITAN
2024
Demonstrate
TITAN is a 1 TW Impedance-Matched Marx Generator – the essential MagLIF pulser building block.
Transmission Line
IMG Modules × 16
Target
TITAN
1 TW
90% energy efficient
Z-STAR
2027
Scale
Z-Star is a 15 TW MagLIF generator built to iterate on and solve system engineering challenges.
Target
Transmission Line
IMG Modules × 90
Fusion Chamber
TITAN
1 TW
90% energy efficient
APEIRON-I
203x
Deploy
Once we’ve mastered our pulser at scale, we’ll bring a MagLIF plant core to life.
TITAN
1 TW
90% energy efficient
TITAN – 2023
Demonstrate
TITAN is a 1TW Impedance Matched Marx Generator – the essential MagLIF building block.
TITAN
1 TW
90% energy efficient
Z-STAR – 2025
Scale
Z-Star is a 15 TW MagLIF generator built to iterate on and solve system engineering challenges.
TITAN
1 TW
90% energy efficient
APEIRON-I – 202X
Deploy
Once we’ve mastered our next-gen driver at micro-scale, we’ll bring a MagLIF hybrid plant core to life.
Driven by Results
18
Patents
100+
Years of fusion engineering experience
4 Months
From concept to operation of FAETON I
8 Months
From concept to first shot of the world’s first IMG: TITAN
1+ Trillion
Neutrons we can generate with FAETON I
Progress to date
The Quest for commercial fusion energy is a decades-long, capital-intensive mission. We choose time bound objectives to de-risk our path. So far, we've delivered – swiftly, cost-effectively, and consistently. And we're just getting started.
August 2024
Air Force Phase 2 SBIR awarded
Fuse wins Air Force SBIR phase 2 contract to prototype lower cost nuclear effects testing
August 2024
San Leandro HQ opened
New San Leandro headquarters opened
July 2024
peer-reviewed paper published
Experimental results peer-reviewed in Nature Scientific Reports
April 2024
Completed 100 shots on TITAN
TITAN proves its repetitive firing capability
February 2024
Air Force Phase 1 SBIR awarded
Fuse wins Air Force SBIR contract to prototype lower cost nuclear effects testing
october 2023
TITAN phase 1 firing
Successfully tested parallel triggering on 6 stages of TITAN.
July 2023
TITAN STAGE 1 TESTING
Successfully tested parallel triggering on one stage of TITAN.
MAY 2023
CNSC license updated for higher neutron yield
License renewed by Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to produce a much higher neutron yield over 1013/year by the FAETON I generator.
march 2023
BRICK | 150nH RECORD LOW INDUCTANCE
Building block of TITAN, the brick, tested and reached inductance as low as 150nH. Lower inductance means faster pulse.
Oct 2022
FAETON I | 120 kV - 1.2 MA GENERATOR
Built and operated second generator in less than three years, the only dense plasma focus device of its kind built by a private company.
Sept 2022
CNSC license to operate
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) gave us an official license to operate, making us the first private company in Canada to have one.
Jun 2022
3,000th shot fired
Within months of building MU, we succeeded in firing 3,000 ‘shots’ – a necessary speed that's unmatched in this kind of experimentation.
Dec 2021
Magical Unicorn (MU)
Designed, built, and operated our first fusion generator, outputting 0.5 MA and successfully generating neutrons.
DEC 2019
FIRST PLASMA
Created our first plasma – without breaking the bank
Jan 2019
Built Canadian facility
Converted an old carpet factory into a fusion facility
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