Breakeven fusion is coming soon, but the first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors will be costly, high maintenance, and have low capacity factors, leading to 5–10× higher electricity cost on the grid. These reactors also face significant physics challenges for steady-state operation, such as managing the first wall heat flux and mitigating nuclear activation of structural components that may require novel new materials to solve.

Maritime Fusion is building a reactor for deployment on ships that alleviates the challenges that arise between breakeven and a commercially viable energy source. The market we're targeting requires 15× less power, lower up-time, and costs the same as alternative fuels but without any emissions.

Since fusion does not use highly radioactive fuels or materials – unlike fission – we sidestep the vast majority of regulatory challenges and safety risks associated with nuclear energy.