Key facts
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) published five peer-reviewed papers.
- The papers validate the physics of the ARC fusion power plant.
- The ARC is CFS' commercial tokamak power plant.
- The research utilized state-of-the-art tools.
- CFS has raised nearly $3 billion from investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Nvidia's venture arm.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a company backed by investors including Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Nvidia Corp.'s venture arm, has announced the publication of five peer-reviewed papers in the Journal of Plasma Physics. These papers provide a scientifically rigorous validation of the physics underpinning CFS' first commercial-scale power plant, the ARC. The research utilized state-of-the-art tools to examine the ARC's design, building on learnings from the SPARC project. CFS has raised nearly $3 billion in funding to date.