TAE Technologies Fusion Lab Tour

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Meet Norm, a giant step forward for TAE fusion! Step inside our California-based lab for a tour of our newest fusion research machine. Norm is able to create, heat and stabilize an FRC plasma with just neutral beam injection, significantly improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of TAE’s approach. 00:00 Introduction to Fusion 00:34 Plasma and Field-Reversed Configuration 02:12 Norm: TAE"s Breakthrough Machine 03:33 Norm's Simplified Hardware and Advantages 05:11 Magnetic Confinement 08:01 Neutral Beams 12:30 Engineering 16:39 Diagnostics 21:36 Power Supply Systems 24:24 Control Room and Data Management Advantages of the FRC: • An FRC plasma self-organizes and creates its own magnetic field inside the machine. This critically reduces the amount of external magnets required for confinement, while also making the device substantially more power efficient to operate. • An FRC-based machine can achieve up to 100x more fusion power output as a typical tokamak of the same magnetic field strength and plasma volume. • In addition to the FRC’s self-confining properties, this approach lends itself to a simpler, linear fusion machine that is much less complicated to construct, less costly to build and run, and easier to maintain. • An FRC’s low interior magnetic field increases the viability of hydrogen-boron (p-B11) fuel, which is TAE’s preferred fuel source for commercial fusion because it is the cleanest, safest and most sustainable option for the planet. ABOUT TAE TECHNOLOGIES TAE Technologies was founded in 1998 to develop commercial fusion power with the cleanest environmental profile. The company’s pioneering work represents the fastest, most practical, and economically competitive solution to bring abundant clean energy to the grid. With more than 2,300 patents filed globally and approximately 1,400 granted, more than $1.2 billion in private capital raised, five generations of National Laboratory-scale devices built along with two more in development, and an experienced team of over 600 employees, TAE is now on the cusp of delivering this transformational energy source capable of sustaining the planet for thousands of years. The company’s revolutionary technologies have produced a robust portfolio of commercial innovations in large adjacent markets such as power management, energy storage, electric mobility, fast charging, life sciences, and more. TAE is based in California, and maintains international offices in the UK, EU, and Switzerland. Multidisciplinary and mission-driven by nature, TAE is leveraging proprietary science and engineering to create a bright future. STAY CONNECTED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TAE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TAE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tae-technologies-inc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tae_technologies/