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Advances in Fusion Science

Pushing fusion conversations to the forefront.

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How Fusion Energy Works.

Fusion powers the sun and the stars, where immense forces compress and heat hydrogen plasma, fusing it into helium and releasing enormous amounts of energy. Commercial systems seek to replicate this fusion process, but need to create the pressure and heat by means other than gravity.

Fusion fuel has an energy density that is millions of times greater than fossil fuels.

Three factors put fusion at the forefront of conversations about the planet’s clean energy future:

Fusion Science

Experts in the fusion field have more powerful tools today. They are increasingly able to model and understand the fundamental physics of fusion and, as a result, more properly control the behaviour of fusion plasma. Learn how General Fusion’s plasma injector systems have put these tools to use.

Enabling Technologies

Supercomputing, artificial intelligence, advanced composite materials, high-speed digital control systems, and additive manufacturing (3D printing) offer a wide range of new ways to resolve historical barriers to practical fusion energy. Learn about our practical approach to fusion energy.

Private Industry

After decades of government-led research programs, business leaders have taken initiative to bring entrepreneurial, business-oriented approaches to commercializing fusion energy. In just a few years, investors have injected more than $6 billion into private fusion companies. Learn more about what motivates General Fusion’s investors.

Building value around new and existing technology.

The core technologies required for Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) make our approach practical.

We invent and maintain intellectual property where we can achieve the greatest gains. We innovate where we can maximize the application of proven industrial technologies. This balance allows us to design a cost-effective fusion energy facility.

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Leading us to a net-zero future.

“Today, fusion energy is considered one of the key technologies capable of leading us to a net-zero future, with the International Atomic Energy Association ranking it “among the most environmentally friendly sources of energy.”

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The art of building winning partnerships.

General Fusion will maximize the value of fusion technology by taking it out of the lab to industry leaders.

We are specialists and we know the best work happens with multidisciplinary teams. Establishing successful partnerships worldwide allows us to pay attention to characteristics of what energy consumers need all over the planet. To fulfill our mission, the design of our commercial fusion plant must benefit users anywhere.

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November 22, 2024

General Fusion confirms significant fusion neutron yield and plasma stability during MTF compression experiment series with new peer-reviewed publication

Scientific results demonstrate the company’s achievements in creating fusion through MTF, providing foundation for its LM26 fusion demonstration, which will begin compressing large-scale plasmas in early 2025 to achieve transformative milestones RICHMOND, British Columbia (November 22, 2024): General Fusion has

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November 12, 2024

NSERC awards funding for General Fusion LM26 diagnostic system

General Fusion and Simon Fraser University partner to develop technology that will precisely measure the performance of game-changing fusion demonstration machine in Canada RICHMOND, British Columbia (November 13, 2024): For the second time this year, the Natural Sciences and Engineering

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November 4, 2024

FortisBC Inc. joins General Fusion’s Market Development Advisory Committee to examine potential for fusion energy deployment

B.C. utility will advise General Fusion as it prepares to deploy practical commercial fusion technology to power a lower carbon energy future RICHMOND, British Columbia (November 5, 2024): Today, General Fusion announced that FortisBC Inc. (FortisBC), a regulated utility providing

Most Recent, News, Press Releases

October 9, 2024

Physics Conclusions of PI3 Spherical Tokamak Program

Poster This poster was presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7-11, 2024. Download Poster as PDF Pat Carle, Stephen Howard, Andrea Tancetti, Abetharan Antony, Celso Ribeiro, Simon Coop, Filiberto Braglia,

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October 9, 2024

Expected MHD Stability and Error Field Penetration in LM26 Magnetized Target Fusion Experiment at General Fusion

Poster This poster was presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7-11, 2024. Download Poster as PDF Aaron Froese, M. Reynolds, V. Suponitsky, J.-S. Dick, R. Segas, C. P. Hung, I.

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September 22, 2024

Lawson Machine 26: An Update on General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion Demonstration

Poster This poster was presented at the 33rd Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Dublin City University, Ireland, September 22-27, 2024. Download Poster as PDF Myles Hildebrand.

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