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Fusion Fuel Cycles joint venture begins construction of UNITY-2 test facility

Fusion Fuel Cycles has begun work on its UNITY-2 facility, a unique test bench designed to validate the full tritium fuel cycle under fusion conditions, marking a key step toward fusion energy.

Fusion Fuel Cycles joint venture begins construction of UNITY-2 test facility

CountriesCanada, Allemagne, Royaume-Uni, Japon, États-Unis
SectorÉnergie Nucléaire, Énergie Fusion
ThemeInvestissements & Transactions, Financement, Développement de projets

Fusion Fuel Cycles, a joint venture formed by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Kyoto Fusioneering, has launched construction of its experimental UNITY-2 site within the Chalk River complex in Ontario. The facility will be the first to enable full validation of the deuterium-tritium (D-T) fuel cycle under conditions representative of a fusion reactor, with closed-loop tritium circulation.

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Énergie Nucléaire