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The company has more than 150 employees in its Centers of Excellence in several countries. This contribution is an overview of the technical and scientific basis for the company’s Fusion Direct plan. The Physics Basis for the Infinity Two power plant was recently published in Journal of Plasma Physics, and was characterized by JPP editors as setting a gold standard. This series of peer-reviewed papers includes a detailed and self-consistent verification of its power plant’s physics basis, including high-fidelity gyrokinetic transport studies showing robust fusion burn, with access to full ignition, calculations showing MHD stability at the chosen operating points, density profiles commensurate with today’s pellet fueling technology, and a novel and proprietary divertor design with significantly improved particle exhaust efficiency meeting the demands for efficient helium exhaust in the burning D-T plasma. Several key technology elements will also be described, including the breeding blanket, and a realistic assessment of the net electricity production. An update will also be given regarding the company’s testing of HTS stellarator magnets, the first of which concluded successfully before the abstract deadline. A scaled-down version of Infinity Two, called Infinity One, will be constructed and operated at the Bull Run retired Coal Power Plant near Knoxville Tennessee. Infinity One will verify-by-test key innovations that form the basis of the Infinity Two power plant, at a reduced, but still substantial scale, making it a world-leading stellarator fusion test- and training facility. Its construction and operation will occur in parallel with the design maturation of Infinity Two.
