DOE approval of Xcimer fusion power plant preconceptual design

[Marlin]

DOE approval of Xcimer fusion power plant preconceptual design

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-approval-of-xcimer-fusion-power-plant-preconceptual-design

[News Wire]

The Department of Energy approved Xcimer Energy's preconceptual design and technology roadmap for its Athena fusion power plant architecture. This milestone validates the company's technical approach for industrial scale laser fusion and allows the project to proceed toward subsystem testing and engineering validation. The development occurs under the agency's Fusion Milestone Development Program, which aims to support the creation of pilot plant designs within the next decade.

The US Department of Energy has formally approved Xcimer Energy's preconceptual design and technology development roadmap milestone for Athena, the company's architecture for fusion power plants. ;

Athena is the reference architecture for Xcimer's planned fleet of fusion power plants. Designed for continuous operation, industrial scale, and a fuel cycle that renews itself, Athena integrates the company's proprietary excimer laser platform with target delivery, fusion chamber, tritium breeding, and power generation systems engineered from the outset for industrial scale.

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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-approval-of-xcimer-fusion-power-plant-preconceptual-design