Realta Fusion publishes research on fusion breakthroughs

Realta Fusion and research partners at UW-Madison are aiming to publish an early design for a commercial-scale fusion energy pilot device next year.

The Madison-based startup and partners at the university recently issued two studies detailing breakthroughs made by the company’s computational physics team.

These scientists have developed a unique software toolkit that will support further development of Realta Fusion’s CoSMo fusion systems, according to the announcement.

In one of the scientific papers, team leader Sam Frank demonstrated a “commercially viable energy gain” by the company’s specialized tandem magnetic mirror system. The startup’s findings show its system is on par with models for conventional confinement structures, the release notes.

The announcement references the “lo