Realta Fusion shows its mirror reactor can pull electricity straight from plasma
Kieran Furlong's UW-Madison spinout says the June 19th WHAM demo produced current at about 100 volts, but not net electricity.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: TechCrunch
Why it matters
Realta Fusion's demo is not net power, but it gives Kieran Furlong a concrete hardware proof point for a fusion architecture built around efficiency and industrial deployment, just as the company is raising again.
Kieran Furlong and Realta Fusion have demonstrated direct energy conversion on a working fusion-plasma machine, a small but useful proof point for the Madison, Wisconsin startup's bet that an old reactor geometry can be made economically relevant with modern magnets.…