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General Fusion Achieves Plasma Compression Milestone
On April 12, 2026, General Fusion announced that its Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) successfully achieved its first "full--compression" plasma event, reaching temperatures exceeding 10 million degrees Celsius. This milestone validates the company's Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) approach, specifically the performance of the liquid metal liner and the synchronization of the compression pistons. This achievement represents a critical technical validation before the company commences construction of its commercial--scale demonstration plant, designed to prove the economic viability of MTF for grid--scale power.