The Design-and-Simulation Stage, In Writing
Every breeder claim on this microsite is a design-and-simulation result; this page is the standing disclaimer the whole record inherits.
One clear statement, applied everywhere
The breeder (Hyperion) is not built. Every number, figure, and diagram in this record is the output of a model, an analysis, or an engineering study. Nothing here reports a measurement from an operating breeder, because no operating breeder exists yet. This page states that once so the rest of the record can reference it.
- Design point: Q_sci 3.076, 85.0 MW, 9.66 MA, peak field 16.84 T (8 T on-axis), A 2.5, R0 1.2 m, delta -0.30 — all simulated.
- Products: ~4 kg/yr tritium class, ~1.97 kg/yr helium-3, 14 MeV neutrons — all modeled yields.
- TBR: studied as a lever at 1.1 / 1.5 / 1.8, with the local-vs-net gap open at the target.
- Timeline: construction from Q2 2027; FOAK first tritium targeted near 2030; NOAK then BOAK.
No net-gain claim before FOAK
The record makes no claim of hardware net gain before FOAK, and the breeder is a foundry judged on fusion gain and product output, not net electricity. Where a page states a result, the honest reading is: this is what the design-and-simulation study predicts, subject to the validation still to come.
Why lead with the limits
A record that states its stage plainly is easier to trust than one that must be cross-examined to find it. The disclaimer is not a hedge; it is the frame that makes the specific claims meaningful.
This page describes a design-and-simulation study, not a built machine. Construction of the breeder (Hyperion) begins Q2 2027; first-of-a-kind first tritium is targeted near 2030. No hardware net-gain claim is made before FOAK.