Langtry: Fusion reactors are regulated like particle accelerators by agreement states
Robin Langtry · Building the World’s Smallest Fusion Reactor | Robin Langtry on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 8:12
Robin Langtry, CEO of Avalanche Fusion, explains the regulatory framework governing commercial fusion startups in NRC agreement states.
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“So right now there was a decision about a year ago that fusion machines are going to be licensed like particle accelerators and specifically on the radioactive materials they produce. And so what that does is that pushes the regulator you work with to the state level if you're an agreement state.”
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