Fuse signs five-year research agreement with Nevada National Security Sites

By Atlas Watchline Staff · News · August 2, 2026

Fuse said it signed a five-year CRADA with Mission Support and Test Services at Nevada National Security Sites to support fusion and nuclear security research.

Fuse said on Aug. 2, 2026, that it signed a five-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Mission Support and Test Services at Nevada National Security Sites.

The San Leandro, California-based fusion energy company said the agreement expands its work within the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration ecosystem. Fuse said the collaboration is intended to support strategic deterrence and fusion energy commercialization.

The company described the pact as an umbrella CRADA that will create a long-term framework for research. According to the release, initial work will focus on validating next-generation fusion technologies, advancing tritium capabilities, increasing neutron yield in pulsed fusion generators and strengthening the domestic pulsed power industrial base.

Fuse said the partnership builds on existing CRADAs with Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. The company also said Nevada National Security Sites is one of the National Nuclear Security Administration's experimental, research and training organizations. In the release, it was described as supporting stockpile stewardship, high-energy density science, nuclear and radiological emergency response, nonproliferation and arms control work, and national experiments.

Daniel Lowe, chief scientist for the Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments Mission at Nevada National Security Sites, said Fuse has built commercial capabilities at the frontier of pulsed power technologies. He said the collaboration will allow evaluation of emerging technologies and new approaches to dense plasma focus systems.

Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, a Fuse board director, said the United States must keep investing in technologies and partnerships that support its strategic deterrent. Fuse founder and Chief Executive JC Btaiche said partnerships like this can speed technology development by combining national laboratory expertise with private-sector agility.

The announcement did not disclose financial terms. The agreement gives the two sides a five-year research framework, but the release did not say when specific projects would begin.

Sources

• PR Newswire release

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