THREE PHASE PATH TO A PILOT ArF LASER-FUSION POWER PLANT
Experience with and advances by the pilot power plant would enable mass deployment of fusion power
Phase 1
6 years
Design, build. and operate 30-kJ ArF beamline
- Advance power plant design
- Demonstrate Arf laser electrical efficiency and energy required for power plant
Opportunity for initial investors to profit
Phase 2
4 years
Develop power plant design and all needed technologies
- Arf laser target experiments with two 30-kJ beamlines to refine physics
- Develop all needed systems and power plant technologies
- Design pilot power plant
Phase 3
5 years
Build and operate ArF laser fusion pilot power plant
- 650 kJ ArF laser system @ 10 pulses per second using 22 ArF 30-kJ beamlines
- Generate electrical power (about 425 MW)
- Breed more tritium fuel than consumed
- Advance components and procedures
- Provide basis for mass deployment of fusion energy
