In Development
Da Vinci
TAE's first prototype commercial fusion power plant, designed to deliver net electrons to the grid from the company's hydrogen-boron fusion pathway and serve as the bridge to later utility-scale plants.
TAE TechnologiesNorm
Operational
TAE's streamlined fusion research machine that forms field-reversed-configuration plasmas using only neutral beam injection, reducing reactor size, complexity, and cost versus Norman while preserving the path to commercial hydrogen-boron fusion.
Latest update Sep 18, 2026
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Current status
Operational in Foothill Ranch, California. Norm routinely delivers TAE's highest plasma performance and is being upgraded to 100 million degrees Celsius. Re-verified September 18, 2026 on TAE's FAQ: the upgrade remained in progress and unachieved.
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Specifications3
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Upcoming milestones1
Announced next steps from TAE Technologies that mention Norm.
2026-2027
Upgrade Norm to 100 million °C
Push the current experimental platform from 70+ million °C - already the highest temperature recorded on a steady-state FRC - toward 100 million °C to validate operating modes and hardware for TAE's next-generation reactors. Re-verified September 18, 2026 on TAE's FAQ: the upgrade remains described as planned/in progress, with no announcement that 100 million °C has been reached.
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