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General Fusion Claims Success With Magnetized Target Fusion
in the form of a nuclear fusion reactors based around the principle of magnetized target fusion (MTF). Although General Fusion’s piston-based fusion reactor has people mostly very confused ...
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World’s first steam-powered piston system sparks nuclear fusion plasma in Canada
In a global first, Richmond, Canada-headquartered fusion energy company General Fusion achieved the first-ever ...
General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach.
Not ‘science fiction’: B.C. company touts big milestone in fusion power generation
Fusion reactions are the same source that power stars -- where hydrogen atoms smash and fuse together into helium creating a ...
Peer-reviewed publication confirms General Fusion achieved plasma energy confinement time required for its LM26 large-scale fusion machine
New results published in Nuclear Fusion confirm General Fusion successfully created magnetized plasmas that achieved energy confinement times exceeding 10 milliseconds. The published energy ...
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General Fusion's reactor prototype creates plasma for the first time
The technology General Fusion uses dates back to the 1970s and is called Magnetized Target Fusion. Here, a magnetic field and mechanical compression are used to create fusion conditions ...
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General Fusion’s Made-in-Canada Technology Achieves First Plasma in Cutting Edge Fusion Demonstration Machine
RICHMOND, British Columbia, March 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) demonstration, Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), has successfully formed a magnetized ...
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Peer-reviewed publication confirms General Fusion achieved plasma energy confinement time required for its LM26 large-scale fusion machine
The plasma injector is now integrated into General Fusion’s Lawson Machine 26 (LM26)—a world-first Magnetized Target Fusion demonstration tracking toward game-changing technical milestones ...
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General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
General Fusion’s approach to fusion power differs significantly from other startups. Called magnetized target fusion (MTF), it’s similar in some regards to inertial confinement, the technique ...