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Fusion Research Campuses

Pacific Fusion Broke Ground on Its $1 Billion New Mexico Site

Pacific Fusion broke ground on a $1 billion Research & Manufacturing Campus in Albuquerque, designed to achieve Pacific Fusion's net facility gain by 2030, meaning it would produce more energy from fusion than the total energy initially stored in the machine, a milestone never before demonstrated. The Demonstration System at Mesa del Sol will also produce high-energy fusion bursts exceeding 100 megajoules, making it the only high-yield fusion facility under construction in the U.S.

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and Pacific Fusion announced a public-private partnership to advance high-yield fusion and high-energy-density science, building on more than three decades of identified need for this capability.

Founded in 2023, Pacific Fusion is developing a pulser-driven inertial fusion system using modular, mass-manufacturable components, advancing research from Lawrence Livermore, Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.

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