Backed by World-Class Science & Engineering

Kronos Fusion Energy is backed by scientists and engineers affiliated with MIT, Caltech, CERN, Stanford / SLAC, ORNL, UCLA, and the U.S. Navy, including ex-Commonwealth Fusion Systems engineers and recipients of the Turing Award, the Alfvén Prize, and members of the National Academy of Engineering.

MIT
Caltech
CERN
Stanford / SLAC
ORNL
UCLA
U.S. Navy
ex-Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Turing Award
Alfvén Prize
National Academy of Engineering

A national-lab-caliber team.

Plasma physicists, magnet engineers, materials scientists, HPC pioneers, and defense leaders.

Priyanca Ford — Founder & CEO. Energy systems strategist. UCLA, Harvard, Stanford.
Dr. Gerald Kulcinski — Founding Partner · Low-Neutron Fusion. D–³He fusion pioneer. National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Carl Weggel — Founding Partner · Chief Scientist. MIT Alcator magnets. Guinness World Record.
Dr. Robert J. Weggel — Founding Partner · Magnetic Field Design. Record-setting magnets. MIT / Brookhaven.
Dr. Patrick H. Diamond — Scientific Advisor · Plasma Turbulence. Alfvén Prize. UCSD / NFRI.
Dr. Jack Dongarra — Scientific Advisor · HPC & Algorithms. Turing Award. LINPACK / TOP500. ORNL.

See the full team — 41 senior leaders.

S42 — Staged fuel self-sufficiency

Register entry: S42 · Staged fuel self-sufficiency · Tier 1 — Computed (reduced-order engine, reproducible from Zenodo package) · Paper 3 — Fuel Cycle, Neutronics & Magnets/Shield.

Primary files: paper3/KX2_neutronicity.py, KX2_stage_summary.csv

Kronos Fusion Energy — architecture validation. HYPERION breeder (A = 2.5, R₀ = 1.2 m, Q = 3.424) and the D–³He tandem-mirror generator (26.49 T peak throat field). Published under CC BY 4.0 in the Kronos two-paper deposits (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21746157 and DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21746479).

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