Inside a cavernous warehouse near San Leandro, California, a startup called Fuse Energy Technologies has engineered a machine that delivers more power in a fraction of a second than the combined energy use of Tokyo, New York, Shanghai, and Dubai. The device—named TITAN—does not resemble a traditional nuclear reactor. It is smaller, faster, and fundamentally different. Its emergence presents a serious challenge to the global fusion establishment. TITAN centers on an advanced impedance-matched Marx generator capable of releasing 1 terawatt of pulsed power in bursts lasting only 100 nanoseconds. The output is roughly equivalent to 800 lightning bolts delivered simultaneously. Instead of relying on the tokamak approach—used for decades to contain fusion plasma in magnetic fields—TITAN employs a magnetized target fusion (MTF) system. The implications suggest a potential shift in how fusion could be developed and deployed.

Full report : A secretive California startup, Fuse Energy Technologies, just fired a reactor so powerful it outpaces the energy draw of four megacities—at once.

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