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Btaiche: Fuse partnered with Los Alamos and published pulsed neutron paper

JC Btaiche · Nuclear Race to Power Superintelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Aug 8, 2025 · at 25:37

JC Btaiche, founder of Fuse, highlights recent partnerships and research publications for his fusion company.

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“We also built, and a couple weeks ago, published in Nature another paper on the most efficient neutron delivery system and pulsed neutron system that we also published in Nature, and more timely, just yesterday on July 16th, on the 80th anniversary of the Trinity project, we announced a partnership with Los Alamos National Lab”

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The claim, plainly

Fuse built the most efficient pulsed neutron delivery system, published a paper on it in Nature, and announced a partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory on July 16, 2025.

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Assessment

Both legs of the claim are verified by the research notes. First, on July 2, 2025, Fuse Energy Technologies researchers (including CEO J.C. Btaiche) published a peer-reviewed research paper on their FAETON-I dense plasma focus pulsed neutron system in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal (Sci Rep 15, 23048). Second, on July 16, 2025, Fuse announced a formal Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

On July 2, 2025, Fuse researchers published 'Experimental results and analysis of plasma dynamics and radiation output of the 100 kV dense plasma focus FAETON-I' in Nature Portfolio's Scientific Reports (Sci Rep 15, 23048; doi:10.1038/s41598-025-07939-x).
On July 16, 2025, Fuse issued a formal announcement of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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[1] f.energy [2] nih.gov [3] researchgate.net [4] f.energy [5] prnewswire.com [6] f.energy [7] f.energy [8] prnewswire.com

Fuse JC Btaiche Nature pulsed neutron delivery July 2025 Fuse Los Alamos National Laboratory July 2025

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