Field-reversed configuration
Also written FRC
A self-organised plasma ring that generates its own confining field, with no central coil. Compact and high-beta, but stability over long timescales is the open question.
In the record: 4 companies, 0 laboratories and programmes, 8 devices and 0 reactor designs.
Not yet in the record for this approach: reactor designs.
Related approaches
Broader: Magnetic confinement
Companies 4
Devices 8
Operating devices first, then those being built or planned, then those shut down, suspended or cancelled.
- FAT-CM Operating Nihon University · JP
- Norm Operating TAE Technologies · US
- NORMAN Operating TAE Technologies · US
- POLARIS Operating Helion Energy · US
- Da Vinci Planned TAE Technologies
- PFRC Planned Princeton Fusion Systems · US
- TRENTA Shut down Helion Energy · US · 1 measurement
- COPERNICUS Cancelled TAE Technologies · US
Measurements
1 device using this approach carries 1 measurement: 1 claimed. The values, each with its status and source, are on the benchmark and on each device's page. Most measured: TRENTA (1).
Guides
- Fusion approaches compared Every family of fusion machine, how each holds its fuel, the best result this dataset holds for it, its main unsolved problem and the organisations pursuing it.
- Commercial timeline of fusion power Six fusion power plants are on record, all still planned. The only dated electricity purchase is Helion's May 2023 deal to supply Microsoft from 2028.
Field-reversed configuration in the glossary · Fusion overview · All approaches