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HYPERION · THE BREEDER
Hyperion breeder · design render
Hyperion breeder · design render · © 2026 KFE

The machine that makes the fuel.

Nuclear heating deposited in the structure — OpenMC.
Nuclear heating deposited in the structure — OpenMC. canon 2026-08-27 · © 2026 KFE

Hyperion is a compact D–T spherical-tokamak breeder — the isotope foundry Kronos builds first, producing the tritium, helium-3, and 14 MeV neutrons a fusion economy needs. Open, on the record. 307 pages.

R=0 axis12345plasma δ = −0.30 (negative triangularity)WHAT IT MAKESTritium~4 kg/yr classHelium-3~1.97 kg/yr14 MeV neutronsmaterials qualificationTBR design lever 1.1 / 1.5 / 1.8 · self-sufficiency = open gateDESIGN POINTR0 1.2 m · A 2.5 · Ip 9.66 MA · 16.84 T peak / 8 T on-axis · Q 3.076 · P_fus 85.0 MW1 REBCO center stack · 2 D-T plasma · 3 breeding blanket (Li) · 4 first wall (HfC) · 5 divertorKRONOS FUSION ENERGYBREEDER · HYPERIOND-T SPHERICAL TOKAMAKSHEET 01REV. 2026-08R-Z CROSS-SECTION
Hyperion — the breeder. A compact D–T spherical tokamak shown in R–Z cross-section, with its negative-triangularity plasma (δ = −0.30), REBCO center stack, and lithium breeding blanket. Design and Validation; first tritium targeted ~2030.
the machine

The Machine

The spherical-tokamak design — magnets, center stack, blanket, vessel, and heating.

50 pages →
what it makes

What It Makes

Tritium, helium-3, and 14 MeV neutrons — the strategic products, and materials qualification.

47 pages →
the physics

The Physics

Fusion gain, tritium breeding ratio, negative triangularity, and the honest gates.

51 pages →
building it first

Building It First

Construction from Q2 2027 — the gates, the FOAK→NOAK→BOAK path, and the engineering.

57 pages →
materials components

Materials & Components

REBCO magnets, the hafnium-carbide first wall, shielding, and cryogenics.

57 pages →
validation open science

Validation & Open Science

The 81-analysis reproducible record, benchmarks, and what remains to prove.

45 pages →
The core bet · CGYRO

Negative triangularity tames the turbulence

The heat that bleeds out of a fusion core is carried by turbulence. Flipping the plasma's triangularity negative — δ −0.30 — suppresses it. Nonlinear gyrokinetics confirm the drop: −40% at the ion scale, −80% at the electron scale.

Live · left: conventional (δ>0), turbulent, heat escaping · right: Hyperion (δ −0.30), suppressed
How the fuel is made

The breeding blanket

14 MeV neutrons stream out of the plasma, through the first wall, into a lithium blanket — where each one breeds a fresh tritium atom that returns to the fuel loop.

Live · blue: 14 MeV neutrons · gold T: bred tritium · advanced blanket TBR 1.42 → ~2.0 kg-T/yr per unit
Hyperion breeder — flythrough & reveal · silent · © 2026 Kronos Fusion Energy
▶ Hyperion — The Machine That Breeds the Fuel · Kronos Fusion Energy