General Fusion Achieves Compressional Plasma Heating with LM26 Magnetized Target Fusion Machine

General Fusion announced significant progress with its Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) magnetized target fusion demonstration machine, achieving electron temperatures of approximately 8.4 million degrees Celsius (0.72 keV), representing a 3x increase during mechanical compression. The company is targeting its next milestone of 1 keV electron temperature. Results have been submitted for peer review and support General Fusion's practical MTF approach to commercializing fusion energy.