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April 21, 2025, 9:39AMNuclear News

Pacific Fusion plans to build its demonstration system in Fremont, Calif. (Photo: Pacific Fusion)

Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all energy stored in the system—with a demonstration system by 2030, and backs the claim with a technical paper published yesterday on arXiv: “Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion.”

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