No Net-Gain Claim Before FOAK
We make no hardware net-gain claim before the breeder first-of-a-kind first tritium around 2030; the burner claims nothing before its own test data.
The rule, stated once and kept
No machine on this program has produced net energy, and we do not claim it will before it is shown. The first hardware milestone relevant to net gain is the breeder FOAK first tritium around 2030. The burner makes no net-gain claim before its test burner around 2032 produces data, and no commercial performance claim before ~2036.
Why the rule matters
Fusion has a long history of premature claims. Ours is a design-and-simulation study; every performance figure is modelled. Tying claims to specific hardware milestones is how the study stays honest and how a reader can tell projection from measurement.
What we do claim
- The physics inputs (D–³He, DEC principle) are established
- The design point and its gates are computed and disclosed
- The gates are the reason the roadmap is staged, not aggressive
This rule is the single discipline that most distinguishes an honest fusion study from a premature one. Every performance figure on this site is modelled, and tying claims to specific hardware milestones lets a reader tell projection from measurement at a glance. We would rather under-claim and be checked than over-claim and be believed on trust.