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Breeder-first vs single-machine fusion.
Most fusion companies chase net electricity from one machine. Kronos splits the problem: breed the fuel and strategic materials first, then burn the fuel for power.
Side by side
One hard bet vs a staged program.
Single machine
One machine, one goal
- Everything rides on net electricity from a single device
- No product until the last, hardest step works
- A single point of failure for the whole thesis
Kronos
Two machines, staged
- Breeder makes helium-3, tritium, 14 MeV neutrons — a product before a plant
- The physics that must close is solved at demonstrated confinement (Q 3.424)
- Burner is optimized purely to convert fuel to power
- Value at each step, not only at the end
Fuel follows purpose, not platform: breed what's needed, burn it where it's needed.
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Conceptual design and simulation study; the integrated Kronos machines are not yet built, and certain results are requirement-class. No financial figures are published on this site.