Generation of field-reversed configurations via neutral beam injection

April 2025 | T. Roche | Nature Communications | Paper

We report evidence of successful generation of field-reversed configuration plasmas by neutral beam injection. This is achieved by trapping the steady state beams in an initial seed plasma, hence providing a direct source of toroidally directed energetic ion current and increase plasma …

Advancing Fusion Research and Development at TAE Technologies Through INFUSE Program

March 2025 | D.K. Gupta | Fusion Science and Technology | Paper

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program
serves as a crucial catalyst by fostering public-private partnership that accelerates technological innovation for fusion energy research and development (R&D) in the private sector. …

How the Exascale Computing Project and Private Magnetic Fusion Research Stimulated Each Other

October 2024 | T. Tajima | Fusion Science and Technology | Paper

We provide a brief summary and comments on how we utilized the Exascale Computing
Project (ECP) supercomputing resources for the development of the frontal research of nuclear fusion
reactor development. In turn, our demand and use helped stimulate the ECP hardware and software, …

The Field Reversed Configuration: A promising path to aneutronic fusion

November 2024 | J. Romero | HPC | Presentation

The FRC suits aneutronic fuels ideally. Norman confines FRC plasma in an accessible linear device. Feedback control maintains stable, steady-state plasma. Bayesian inference enables holistic data analysis. Machine learning accelerates commercial energy development.

Enhanced plasma performance in C-2W advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration experiments

October 2024 | H. Gota | Nuclear Fusion | Paper

TAE Technologies’ fifth-generation fusion device, C-2W (also called ‘Norman’), is the world’s largest compact-toroid device and has made significant progress in field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma performance.