The US Department of Energy has formally approved Xcimer Energy's preconceptual design and technology development roadmap milestone for Athena, the company's architecture for fusion power plants.

Athena is the reference architecture for Xcimer's planned fleet of fusion power plants. Designed for continuous operation, industrial scale, and a fuel cycle that renews itself, Athena integrates the company's proprietary excimer laser platform with target delivery, fusion chamber, tritium breeding, and power generation systems engineered from the outset for industrial scale.

Athena is the reference architecture for Xcimer's planned fleet of fusion power plants.

Denver-based Xcimer's 724-page submission provided Department of Energy (DOE) reviewers with a detailed assessment of plant performance targets, economics, system-level engineering requirements, safety and environmental analyses, and technology development pathways required to achieve commercial fusion power.