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General Fusion LM26

Canada
Operational
Developer
General Fusion
Capacity
0 MWe
Last updated
6/27/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
Magnetized Target Fusion
Announced
8/15/2025
Projected operational

Notes

Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) is General Fusion's world-first large-scale magnetized target fusion demonstration machine. The device achieved its first plasma in February 2025 and its first plasma compression in April 2025. LM26 is the first MTF demonstration machine built at a commercially relevant scale. General Fusion aims for commercial fusion energy by the early to mid-2030s.

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