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2025 US-Japan FRC Workshop

TAE Technologies Norman to Norm

Overview  |  Registration  |  Abstract  |  Program  |  TAE Facility Tour  |  Contact Information  |  Venue Map

FRC Workshop Overview

This workshop has developed from discussions on the high-beta characteristics of FRC (Field-Reversed Configuration) research, which has been pioneered by both Japan and the United States. This year’s workshop is co-hosted by TAE and UCI. A satellite workshop of APS-DPP 2025, the aim is to discuss the role of ions with large orbits in magnetically confined plasmas across magnetic confinement systems. Interested participants can learn more about registration and agenda at the link below.

Date: November 21 – November 22, 2025
Location: Irvine, CA | UCI campus, Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Building (ISEB) room 1010 (see Google map)

Registration

Registration fee:

  • Early bird: $150 until Oct. 24th (now closed)
  • $200 – Oct. 25th – Nov. 14th

Registration payment link: Paypal or QR Code:

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Abstract

 

 

Program


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Oral Presentations: 25 min. talk, including Q&A per presentation

Topics of Presentation/Discussion on FRCs (or alternative concepts):

  • Experimental results 
  • Theory, modeling, and simulation
  • Plasma diagnostics, data analyses, and tools
  • Innovative alternative reactor concept 
  • Advanced fuels and/or material sciences for FRC-based (or alternative) reactor concepts

 

TAE Facility Tour

TAE Technologies invites you to an exclusive tour of our flagship fusion research facility in Orange County, California.

This guided experience offers a rare, firsthand look at “Norm,” the reconfigured and optimized successor to our fifth-generation National Laboratory-scale device, “Norman.”

Purpose-built to validate TAE’s proprietary advanced beam-driven Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) approach, Norm now operates with significantly greater efficiency and performance.

Through strategic reengineering, Norm has been streamlined to deliver best-in-class plasma performance with approximately 50% less system complexity and cost, while achieving a historic first in fusion science: forming, heating and sustaining FRC plasma using only neutral-beam injection (NBI).

Norm supports hundreds of experiments per month, as we drive toward our broader mission: commercial fusion power based on aneutronic and globally abundant hydrogen-boron fuel for a sustainable, scalable power solution for the planet. This visit is designed for scientists, engineers and technical stakeholders across disciplines who are advancing the future of energy, advanced physics and electrification technologies

We welcome your interest in seeing the systems, strategies and science behind TAE’s pathway to grid-ready fusion.

 

  • Date: November 20, 2025
  • Time: Two tours available, 4 pm and 5 pm
  • Location: TAE Technologies – 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610
  • Note: You will receive a QR code by email when your registration is confirmed. Participants will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) prior to attendance. Guests are responsible for their own transportation. There is free on-site parking at TAE.
  • Please register here

Contact Information

Organizers:

  • Hiroshi Gota (TAE Technologies, US) – hiroshi@tae.com
  • Tomohiko Asai (Nihon University, Japan) – asai.tomohiko@nihon-u.ac.jp
Local Organizing Commitee:
  • Hiroshi Gota (TAE, Chair)
  • Toshiki Tajima (TAE/UCI)
  • Zhihong Lin (UCI)
  • Tadafumi Matsumoto (TAE)
  • Shuji Kamio (UCI/TAE)

General contact: FRC2025@tae.com

 

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