SAN LEANDRO, Calif.,
July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Fuse Federal announces the signing of a Cooperative
Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Sandia National
Laboratories (Sandia). This strategic collaboration will accelerate
the development of next generation pulsed power technologies
critical for ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S.
nuclear deterrent as well as advancing fusion energy, a clean and
limitless future energy source.
Public-Private-Partnership between fusion
energy startup Fuse and Sandia National laboratories.
This collaboration will leverage Sandia's expertise in
high-energy density physics and Fuse's novel and proven approach to
building pulsed power systems to accelerate the world's transition
to fusion energy. Dr. Daniel
Sinars, Director of the Pulsed Power Sciences Center at
Sandia, commented,
"Our purpose at Sandia is to support our
nation's nuclear weapons stockpile in the absence of underground
testing through exceptional science and engineering. As a national
laboratory, we also seek to support advances in private industry
where appropriate. When Fuse Federal approached us with a proposal
to jointly advance pulsed power technology and fusion science, we
saw an opportunity to improve Sandia's capabilities for stewardship
science."
Fuse's approach to fusion is inspired by Sandia's Z Machine,
which aids scientists in understanding how materials behave under
extreme conditions, supports the National Nuclear Security
Administration's (NNSA) stockpile stewardship mission, and advances
fusion research. Fuse plans to build larger and more capable
commercial versions of the Z Machine for government and commercial
use and has successfully built and tested the underlying pulsed
power technology with a demonstrator module named TITAN.
The company has demonstrated over 100 successful shots on TITAN,
which is the world's first impedance-matched Marx Generator (IMG)
pulsed power driver of its kind. TITAN is more compact, efficient,
and cheaper than current pulsed power drivers. With TITAN, Fuse is
the first company to demonstrate energy delivery at twice the
efficiency of traditional Marx generators, critical for practical
fusion generation.
JC Btaiche, CEO of Fuse, remarked,
"On the heels of our successful demonstration of
TITAN, partnering with Sandia marks the next big milestone for Fuse
Federal. The technology that will propel us to fusion energy is the
same technology that can be used now to ensure U.S. strategic
deterrence. We're proud to contribute to U.S. national security
while also advancing our mission to achieve clean, reliable fusion
energy."
Advancing Public-Private Partnerships
Much like how the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation
Services (COTS) program was a public-private partnership that
enabled SpaceX to develop new cargo spacecraft and launch vehicles,
Fuse Federal plans work with U.S. Government entities to shape and
execute milestone-based, extreme high power testing for U.S.
national security needs while maintaining progress on the path to
commercial fusion power.
Fuse Federal is dedicated to advancing a public-private
partnership model with the U.S. Government to develop more
cost-effective and reliable large-scale pulsed power devices and
facilities. By partnering with the U.S. Government, Fuse Federal
plans to deploy its pulsed power devices to serve both national
security and commercial customers. This novel approach allows for
shared financial responsibilities while pursuing similar
technological advancements, effectively reducing risk for both
government and industry.
Fuse Advisory Board member, The Honorable Lisa
Gordon-Hagerty, former Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, U.S.
Department of Energy and Administrator, NNSA
commented,
"Fuse's approach enables the public and private
sector to leverage each other to accelerate the modernization of
the U.S. nuclear enterprise akin to how commercial space launch
companies modernized access to space for both government and
industry."
About Fuse Federal
Fuse Federal is a subsidiary of US-based Fuse Energy
Technologies Corporation, and is focused on U.S. Government
customers. The company is accelerating the world's transition to
fusion energy by securing clean, reliable, global energy abundance
while also ensuring U.S. and Allied competitiveness.
About Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory
operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia
LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for
the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security
Administration. Sandia Laboratories has major research and
development responsibilities in nuclear deterrence, global
security, defense, energy technologies and economic
competitiveness, with main facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California.
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