Introducing 'Norm': TAE Technologies lab tour and Q&A with CEO Michl Binderbauer
Date: May 7, 2025
Time: 9:30 – 10:30am PT
Location: Zoom
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Meet Norm, a giant step forward for TAE fusion! Step inside our California-based lab for a tour of our new fusion research machine – a breakthrough device that performs the first-ever NBI-only FRC plasma formation. Norm is able to create, heat and stabilize an FRC plasma with just neutral beam injection, significantly improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of TAE’s approach.
If you joined our tour last year, you may be wondering, “what happened to TAE’s fifth-generation fusion machine, Norman?” That’s what’s so incredible about this first-in-fusion accomplishment: We were able to achieve this by reconfiguring Norman, removing roughly 50% of systems and hardware we used to work with for a smaller, more nimble machine now called Norm.
Advantages of the FRC:
- An FRC plasma self-organizes and creates its own magnetic field inside the machine. This critically reduces the amount of external magnets required for confinement, while also making the device substantially more power efficient to operate.
- An FRC-based machine can achieve up to 100x more fusion power output as a typical tokamak of the same magnetic field strength and plasma volume.
- In addition to the FRC’s self-confining properties, this approach lends itself to a simpler, linear fusion machine that is much less complicated to construct, less costly to build and run, and easier to maintain.
- An FRC’s low interior magnetic field increases the viability of hydrogen-boron (p-B11) fuel, which is TAE’s preferred fuel source for commercial fusion because it is the cleanest, safest and most sustainable option for the planet.
The TAE team is excited to take you on a virtual tour of our Norm machine. After the tour, TAE Technologies’ CEO Michl Binderbauer will join to answer questions in a live Q&A.
You can submit questions for the Q&A in advance along with your registration!
