PR: Fusion Energy Power Generation Demonstration Project, FAST, Launched in Japan

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Fusion Energy Power Generation Demonstration Project, FAST, Launched in Japan
Leveraging advanced tokamak design, Japan's FAST Project takes a major step toward sustainable fusion energy

FAST Project Office
November 12, 2024

(Tokyo, Japan) FAST Project Office proudly announces the launch of the FAST (Fusion by Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) project, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at achieving fusion-based power generation* by the end of the 2030s.


Overview drawing of FAST project’s fusion device including the superconducting tokamak and integrated subsystems, for plasma sustainment, energy conversion, and the deuterium-tritium fuel cycle.

FAST, to be sited in Japan, aims to generate and sustain a plasma of deuterium-tritium (D-T) reactions, demonstrating an integrated fusion energy system that combines energy conversion including electricity generation and fuel technologies. The project will employ a tokamak configuration, chosen for its well-established data and scalability. Targeting a power generation demonstration by the end of the 2030s, FAST will address remaining technical challenges enroute to a commercial fusion power plants. Bringing together top researchers from prominent institutions, along with industrial and international partners from Japan, the UK, the U.S., and Canada, FAST is set to make a major impact on the global fusion energy landscape.

*Note: Power generation here refers to producing energy from fusion reactions, though it does not imply net positive power production where electricity output exceeds electricity consumption.

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