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The Fusion Option
Richmond, British Columbia
British Columbia is the centre of a thriving world-class innovation ecosystem.
Support from the Canadian government has been instrumental in General Fusion’s success and growing presence. Our newly expanded headquarters, near Vancouver International Airport, will enable the earliest commercialization of our fusion technology. As General Fusion prepares to power homes, businesses, and industry with clean energy, our Richmond facility will provide a space to design and build LM26 to support our fusion demonstration program and our plan to commercialize fusion energy by the early to mid-2030s.
Culham, Oxfordshire
Over the next two to three years, General Fusion will work closely with the UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) to validate the data gathered from LM26 and incorporate it into the design of the company’s planned commercial scale demonstration in the UK.
General Fusion is collaborating with national labs across the United States, such as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), the University of Illinois, and more.
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RICHMOND, British Columbia (March 11, 2025): General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) demonstration, Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), has successfully formed a magnetized plasma in the machine’s target chamber—a significant achievement in the operation of this world-first machine. LM26 is now
Our Chief Strategy Officer Megan Wilson shared the secret to our success with Science Magazine journalist Daniel Clery. We “incrementally improve very quickly, to iterate on our plan, to learn, and to move on to get results.” In the article, Megan,
“We need clean, baseload power that is free of both carbon dioxide and methane emissions, that’s reliable and affordable.” Our Chief Strategy Officer Megan Wilson spoke with CNN technology reporter Clare Duffy about the transformative potential of fusion energy as
Our plasma injector is ready. We’ve integrated the compression system. The fusion vessel is installed. After a busy few months and an incredible effort by our team, the Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) assembly is complete! “This world-first machine embodies over
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
Economist science & technology editor Geoffrey Carr looks at what’s to come in the race to commercialize clean fusion energy – a potentially landmark year in the real-world demonstration of fusion technologies. The article highlights our LM26 fusion machine, which
“General Fusion is aiming to squish plasma together not with fancy magnets or lasers or other exotic parts, but with pistons a bit like the ones in a car engine. The company is hoping to demonstrate the feasibility of its
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
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
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,
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.
Senior climate reporter Tim De Chant includes General Fusion in his overview of the industry’s leading private fusion companies. Read the article here
Clean energy. Everywhere. Forever. That’s the transformative potential of fusion energy. Read more about our CEO Greg Twinney’s keynote at Energy Disruptors 2024 in Techcouver. Read the article here
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.
SRNL and UKAEA, labs renowned for neutronics simulation, tritium innovation, and fuel cycle R&D, recently reviewed key parameters of the company’s unique approach to practical fusion energy RICHMOND, British Columbia (September 19, 2024): New analyses from the U.S. Savannah River
Executive Summary This report describes the results from an INFUSE research project, where Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in collaboration with General Fusion (GF) used process modeling to understand and optimize commercial power plant (CPP) fuel cycle designs based on
Summary This UKAEA report details TBR analysis for General Fusion’s MTF concept for fusion power. Simplified neutronics modelling, based on a small, dense magnetized Deuterium-Tritium plasma surrounded by a thick layer of liquid, breeder metal was performed. Lithium and lithium-lead
We recently announced our latest round of funding, led by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and BDC Capital. We’re proud to be a driving part of the fusion industry in Canada, working towards a clean energy future alongside other Canadian leaders in
We spoke with Bloomberg News about our LM26 program and latest financing round. With a new lead investment from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories & BDC Capital, the program has reached CA$71M in funding since its launch in 2023. Now, we’re moving towards
“What they’ve been able to accomplish as a private fusion company over the years is absolutely remarkable.” – Dr. Stephen Bushby, CNL Vice-President of Science and Technology. Read more about our new lead investment from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and BDC
Our Chief Strategy Officer, Megan Wilson, spoke with BIV News this week about the rapid progress we’ve made in one year since launching our LM26 program and the exciting next phase – integrating the full-scale compression system into LM26 and
General Fusion is pleased to share that the funding for our LM26 program has reached CA$71 million since its launch in 2023, with a new CA$20 million investment from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization,
Abstract To achieve commercially relevant fusion conditions in a magnetized plasma, rapid and efficient heating must surpass heat loss. In Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) experiments, which heat plasma by compression, a magnetic flux conserver made of metal is essential for
Fusion is now. Let’s make clean energy, everywhere and forever, a reality.
