Paper 13358-6
Paper 13358-6
Longview Fusion Energy Systems: the path from NIF to commercial fusion energy (Invited Paper)
27 January 2025 • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 76 (Lower Mezz)
Abstract
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has demonstrated fusion with energy gain, an ‘existential’ step on the path to enabling commercial fusion energy. NIF uses 1990s laser technology with less than 1% electrical efficiency and only firing every few hours, far from ~15% efficiency and ~15Hz needed for commercial energy applications Methods and technologies to meet these technical and economic requirements will be presented.
Presenter
Longview Fusion Energy Systems (United States)
Dr. Edward Moses is CEO of Longview Fusion Energy Systems, dedicated to commercializing laser fusion energy. Dr. Moses has led multibillion dollar optical and laser systems including:
• Program Director of the 3.5 billion-dollar National Ignition Facility at LLNL, the highest energy laser proving fusion energy with gain.
• Program Director for the Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation Program creating the highest average power visible laser system for material processing
• President of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, Inc to build the next generation of UV-IR ground-based telescopes.
Dr. Moses is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the OSA, AASS, and SPIE. Dr. Moses is a recipient of the Edward Teller Medal, the Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award, the R&D 100 Award for the Peregrine cancer radiation therapy, the Project of the Year Award for the NIF, and the Jefferson Award for Public Service. He has over 150 peer-reviewed papers and 20 pate