{"id":4033,"date":"2026-10-19T20:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energianucleare.eu\/american-fusion-develops-texatron-a-fusion-engine-scalable-from-0-5-to-over-100-mw\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:29:46","slug":"american-fusion-develops-texatron-a-fusion-engine-scalable-from-0-5-to-over-100-mw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energianucleare.eu\/en\/american-fusion-develops-texatron-a-fusion-engine-scalable-from-0-5-to-over-100-mw\/","title":{"rendered":"American Fusion Develops Texatron, a Fusion Engine Scalable from 0.5 to Over 100 MW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>American Fusion<\/strong> (OTC: AMFN) is moving ahead with development of the <strong>Texatron<\/strong>, a compact aneutronic fusion engine designed to produce from 0.5 MW to over 100 MW of clean power. The Texas-based company announced the update in a press release issued on October 13, 2026, alongside other small-cap companies active in sustainable materials, hydrogen and organic fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p>The Texatron originates from the subsidiary <strong>Kepler Fusion Technologies<\/strong>. According to the company, it can be transported by truck and operates without turbines or steam cycles, with the aim of supplying on-site power to military and industrial customers. American Fusion says it has completed its ninth prototype, a half-megawatt system, and is working on a 5 MW pre-industrial unit. The planned fuel is a mix of deuterium and helium-3. The primary reaction produces charged particles whose energy, in the design, would heat the plasma, with direct conversion into electricity.<\/p>\n<p>On the regulatory front, the company filed its certification application with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on February 27, 2026. In July it then received the industrial radiation machine certificate, as well as the certificate covering all 12 registered Texatron models, with tests expected at the end of the month. The test plan calls for verifying system performance, subsystem integration and the collection of independent scientific data. Final modifications to the 5 MW unit were completed at a third-party manufacturer in the Midland\/Odessa area.<\/p>\n<p>The corporate structure is recent. On February 26, 2026, <strong>Renewal Fuels<\/strong> acquired Kepler Fusion, creating American Fusion under the new ticker AMFN. Chief technical officer and physicist <strong>John Brandenburg<\/strong> presented the technology at the IEEE ICOPS conference in June and at a particle physics conference at Fermilab in July. On September 29 he published a technical analysis on plasma compression and confinement. The ongoing test is checking whether the intended magnetic structure forms and holds as operating conditions increase.<\/p>\n<p>Intellectual property is part of the strategy. The company has filed U.S. patent application No. 19\/701,742, covering the system architecture, plasma confinement and pulsed power delivery. It has also opened a new engineering office in north Texas and appointed a revenue chief.<\/p>\n<p>The picture remains that of a technology under development. Claims about costs and timelines come from the company and await confirmation from independent testing. The outcome of the 5 MW unit campaign will show whether the Texatron can move from prototype to product, with aneutronic fusion positioned as an alternative to fission reactors for on-site power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Fusion (OTC: AMFN) is advancing the Texatron, a compact aneutronic fusion engine, with a 5 MW pre-industrial prototype now in testing. 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