# Pacific Fusion

> Pacific Fusion develops pulser-driven inertial fusion systems, using brief electrical pulses to compress hydrogen-isotope fuel. It is building a New Mexico Demonstration System targeting net facility gain by 2030, with commercial power planned for the mid-2030s and parallel applications in research and national-security testing.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Fremont, United States
- **Founders:** Eric Lander (CEO), Keith LeChien (CTO), Carrie von Muench (COO), Will Regan (Chief Scientist), Leland Ellison (VP of Technology)
- **Products:** Impedance-Matched Marx Generator pulser modules, Demonstration System, Pacific Fusion Users Program, Commercial fusion power systems
- **Notable:** Validated a scaled pulser prototype delivering approximately 440 GW peak power and 1.1 MV in an 80-nanosecond pulse, announced June 2026., LLNL’s SIRIUS prototype surpassed 3,000 shots in a reliability campaign supported by a Pacific Fusion CRADA., Reported target experiments demonstrating self-pre-magnetization with aluminum-plastic composite liners, announced February 2026.

## Products & services

- **Impedance-Matched Marx Generator pulser modules** — Modular electrical drivers under development for fusion and radiation-testing applications; a scaled prototype was validated in June 2026.
- **Demonstration System** — A planned 156-module inertial fusion facility under construction in Albuquerque, targeting net facility gain and fusion yields exceeding 100 MJ by 2030; not an electricity-generating plant.
- **Pacific Fusion Users Program** — A program launched to solicit proposed external experiments from academic, government and industrial researchers for the future Demonstration System.
- **Commercial fusion power systems** — Planned modular, mass-manufacturable plants for on-demand, carbon-free electricity; not commercially available.

## Achievements

- Validated a scaled pulser prototype delivering approximately 440 GW peak power and 1.1 MV in an 80-nanosecond pulse, announced June 2026.
- LLNL’s SIRIUS prototype surpassed 3,000 shots in a reliability campaign supported by a Pacific Fusion CRADA.
- Reported target experiments demonstrating self-pre-magnetization with aluminum-plastic composite liners, announced February 2026.
- Published a technical roadmap and FLASH validation research in 2025.
- Broke ground on the Albuquerque Research and Manufacturing Campus in August 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Outlined how pulser applications in national-security science and other fields could accelerate development toward commercial electricity.
- **2026-08** — Announced groundbreaking for the $1 billion-scale Albuquerque campus and a collaboration MOU with NNSA.
- **2026-07** — LLNL and Pacific Fusion reported SIRIUS exceeding 3,000 shots.
- **2026-06** — Announced scaled pulser validation and preparation for a production-scale module.
- **2026-03** — Launched the Users Program and published a framework distinguishing scientific gain, facility gain, power gain and affordable electricity.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pacificfusion.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pacificfusion/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/_Pacific_Fusion
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PacificFusion/videos

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/pacific-fusion
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-03