ENN Fusion has proudly announced that its first-generation device, the 'Xuanlong-50U,' has successfully executed a hydrogen-boron fusion reaction. This achievement is twofold: it represents not only the first instance of a global commercial fusion enterprise accomplishing such a feat on its proprietary equipment but also marks China’s maiden endeavor where a magnetic confinement fusion device has harnessed advanced fuels—namely, hydrogen-boron and deuterium-helium-3—to realize a clean, neutron-free fusion process.

The hydrogen-boron fusion pathway is imbued with commercial promise, attributable to its neutron-free characteristic, the abundance and accessibility of its fuel sources, and its cost-effectiveness. The ENN Fusion team has ingeniously amplified the non-thermal equilibrium fast proton fraction within the hydrogen-boron reaction. This was achieved through the synergistic application of high-energy neutral beam injection and radiofrequency waves, culminating in a hydrogen-boron fusion reaction rate that surpasses 10⁸ per second.