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The U.S. nuclear fusion breakthrough is a huge milestone — but unlimited clean energy is still decades off

The U.S. nuclear fusion breakthrough is a huge milestone — but unlimited clean energy is still decades off

In some ways, scientists at the Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) have been a bit down and out. The $3.5 billion facility was designed to replicate the atom-smashing reactions that occur inside the sun, a difficult process that requires enormous amounts of heat and pressure, and could theoretically solve humanity’s energy and climate woes.

But technical obstacles put NIF a decade behind in its goal of achieving fusion “ignition,” that is, getting more energy out of one of those reactions than it put in. The facility uses the largest lasers in the world to try and do that, focusing energy on a tiny capsule filled with hydrogen isotopes.

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We have ‘ignition’: Fusion breakthrough draws energy gain

We have ‘ignition’: Fusion breakthrough draws energy gain

U.S. scientists have achieved “ignition” — a fusion reaction that produced more energy than it took to create — a critical milestone for nuclear fusion and a step forward in the pursuit of a nearly limitless source of clean energy, Energy Department officials said Tuesday.

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun and other stars, occurs when two atoms’ nuclei collide under extreme temperatures, causing a reaction that can generate incredible amounts of energy with few environmental costs.

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Nuclear fusion could transform the energy sector. Chevron and Alphabet are already investing.

Nuclear fusion could transform the energy sector. Chevron and Alphabet are already investing.

The latest step toward pollution-free power has the potential to transform the energy sector, perhaps decades from now, but some companies are already positioning themselves to benefit.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Tuesday that scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California had made “a tremendous scientific breakthrough” in their tests of nuclear fusion, the reaction that powers the sun. While prior efforts to achieve fusion—combining two hydrogen atoms to produce helium in a reaction that produces energy—consumed more energy than they released, the Livermore scientists flipped the balance.

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Scientists produce nuclear fusion breakthrough

Scientists produce nuclear fusion breakthrough

The Department of Energy is expected to announce tomorrow that researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California have used lasers to produce a nuclear fusion reaction that creates energy. NBC News’ Tom Costello shares more about what scientists are calling the “Holy Grail” of clean energy.

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Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus Visits TAE Technologies Headquarters

Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus Visits TAE Technologies Headquarters

On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40), U.S. Representative Don Beyer (VA-08), and U.S. Representative Mike Levin (CA-49) visited TAE Technologies, the world’s largest private fusion energy company. Rep. Beyer founded and co-chairs the bipartisan fusion energy caucus in 2021, which is touring energy facilities across California. 

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May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

What does it feel like to achieve a first in fusion research history?

On this episode of “Good Clean Energy,” TAE Director of Diagnostics Thomas Roche takes us inside the experiment that led to TAE’s breakthrough fusion machine, Norm – the first reactor prototype that can produce an FRC plasma using only neutral beam injection.

“I remember having my jaw drop that day,” Roche says. “I never thought it would lead us to the state that we’re in now.”

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April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025

Reduce, reuse, recycle – but make it a fusion breakthrough 💫

We’re celebrating #EarthDay with the introduction of “Norm,” our first-of-its-kind fusion prototype that …

✂️ Reduces machine size by 50%

⬇️ Lowers operating costs

♻️ Recycles parts from our previous machine, Norman

🔁 Optimizes machine components that will be reused for our next-generation device, Copernicus

Norm’s smaller footprint and more efficient design isn’t just sustainable – it’s also accelerating our path to commercial fusion power. See how at TAE.com.

April 21, 2025

April 21, 2025

I am proud to share that TAE’s latest scientific milestone has been published in Nature Communications: the first-ever formation of an FRC plasma using only neutral beam injection.

This groundbreaking achievement marks a pivotal moment not just for TAE, but for fusion energy. By realizing this long-sought method of FRC formation, we’ve made our fusion technology even more efficient, practical and commercially viable.

With this accomplishment, TAE’s advanced beam-driven FRC platform becomes significantly more powerful and cost-effective for clean, abundant fusion energy.

I’m deeply grateful to our extraordinary scientists and engineers who led this research, and to every member of our TAE team whose shared purpose, passion and deep expertise allowed us to deliver this milestone.

At TAE, we don’t just aim to make progress, we aim to redefine what’s possible. We pursue bold ideas and back them with the focus and follow-through needed to bring them to life.

The results we’ve achieved with our streamlined machine, Norm, are a powerful testament to what’s possible when vision, innovation and teamwork align.

I’m honored to share this breakthrough with the world — and excited about its transformational impact on our net energy machine, Copernicus, and TAE’s future power plants.

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March 26, 2025

March 26, 2025

New TAE fusion research alert!

Fusion Science & Technology has published two articles that highlight the tremendous progress we’ve made through collaborations with the US Department of Energy, national labs, and public universities: 

“How the Exascale Computing Project and Private Magnetic Fusion Research Stimulated Each Other” details TAE’s work with the US DOE’s Exascale Computing Project since 2016. With access to these world-class supercomputers and software, the TAE team created high-fidelity simulations of FRC plasmas that helped improve plasma confinement and improved the ECP’s computational toolset. 

That means this research – alongside related simulation work  with our partners at the University of California, Irvine – advances TAE’s approach to fusion while delivering insights and benefit for the industry at large

Dig into the results of this research.

“Advancing Fusion Research and Development at TAE Technologies Through INFUSE Program” captures six years of R&D collaboration with support from the US DOE’s Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program. 

This long history of collaboration with INFUSE has led to better FRC plasma stability and control, innovative heating schemes, and breakthrough insight into plasma-material interactions – all of which advance progress towards a commercially viable fusion power plant

Catch up on TAE’s work with the US DOE and INFUSE.

We believe the path to commercial fusion power will be built by the collective effort of the private sector and public fusion R&D. Today we’re celebrating the accomplishments of our team and our collaborators, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory; Rochester University; Sandia National Laboratories; and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, among many others. 

Together, we’ll continue to drive innovation and accelerate progress toward grid-ready hydrogen-boron fusion power

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