HYPERFUSION®

Tomorrow, Energized

Building India's private nuclear power ecosystem — Generation-IV small modular reactors delivering 24×7 carbon-free energy to state governments, industry and the digital economy.

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Our Mission

Nuclear enablement
for a billion ambitions

India's economy is electrifying faster than any in history — and the next decade of growth needs power that is always on, carbon-free, and sovereign. Hyperfusion exists to make advanced nuclear energy deployable in India: developing projects, ecosystems and partnerships that bring Generation-IV small modular reactors from global laboratories to Indian grids.

Develop

We originate and develop advanced nuclear power projects — siting, engineering, licensing support and offtake — built to the world's highest safety standards.

Connect

We bridge Europe's Generation-IV reactor innovation with India's industrial scale — technology, fuel-cycle expertise and supply chains, localized for India.

Empower

We partner with state governments and private consumers to secure decades of reliable clean power — for grids, industry and India's digital future.

The Technology

Generation-IV. Lead-cooled.
The physics does the heavy lifting.

Hyperfusion is bringing lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) technology to India — one of the six reactor families selected by the international Generation-IV forum as the future of nuclear energy. Compact enough to build in factories, safe enough to site near demand, and efficient enough to recycle its own fuel.

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Fast-spectrum fission

The core uses fast neutrons — no moderator needed. Fast neutrons unlock energy from recycled fuel and even from material older reactors leave behind, extracting far more energy per kilogram of fuel.

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Molten lead cooling

Liquid lead carries heat from the core at 400–530°C while remaining at ordinary atmospheric pressure. Lead doesn't burn, doesn't react violently with air or water, and won't boil until 1,737°C — over a thousand degrees of natural safety margin.

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Passive heat removal

If the plant ever needs to shut down, natural circulation alone carries away residual heat — no pumps, no operator action, no external power required. Safety comes from physics, not machinery.

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Steam to power

Steam generators immersed directly in the reactor vessel produce high-quality steam driving a compact turbine — around 42% efficiency, well above conventional water-cooled reactors — plus process heat for industry.

● LIVE — INSIDE THE REACTOR
Reactor vessel — molten lead pool, atmospheric pressure Fuel core Steam Turbine + generator Electricity 24×7 In-vessel steam generators · no intermediate loop · compact footprint
  • ClassSmall modular reactor · ~200 MWe per unit · sited close to demand
  • SpectrumFast neutrons — burns recycled fuel, breeds new fuel, closes the cycle
  • CoolantMolten lead — inert, unpressurized, shields radiation naturally
  • Temperature400→530°C — electricity at ~42% efficiency plus industrial heat
  • RefuellingLong fuel campaigns measured in years — high availability, ~93% capacity factor target
  • FootprintA fraction of a conventional plant — the most compact primary system per MWe in its class
  • Life60-year design life · built for generations, not quarters
The Fuel Cycle

Yesterday's waste. Tomorrow's fuel.

Conventional reactors use less than 1% of the energy in their fuel and leave the rest as long-lived waste. Fast reactors flip that equation: used fuel is reprocessed into MOX (mixed-oxide) fuel and burned again — recovering energy that is already mined, already refined, and already sitting in storage. Each cycle shrinks the waste burden and stretches fuel resources by an order of magnitude. It is nuclear power's circular economy — and it aligns naturally with India's long-standing closed-fuel-cycle vision.

Used fuelfrom today's reactors Reprocessingrecover usable material MOX fuelfabricated new fuel Fast reactorenergy for decades CLOSED CYCLE

~90% less long-lived waste

Multi-recycling in fast reactors dramatically reduces the volume and lifetime of high-level waste compared with once-through fuel use.

No enrichment dependence

MOX fuel is made from recycled material and depleted uranium — freeing deployment from the geopolitics of enriched-uranium supply chains.

Centuries of fuel

The energy already contained in the world's stored used fuel and depleted uranium could power fast-reactor fleets for hundreds of years.

Safety

Safe by physics, not just by procedure

Generation-IV lead-cooled reactors are designed so that the laws of nature themselves do the protecting — a fundamentally different safety philosophy from adding layer upon layer of engineered systems.

No high pressure

The primary system operates at atmospheric pressure — eliminating the class of accidents driven by pressurized water flashing to steam.

Coolant that can't burn

Lead is chemically inert — no fires, no hydrogen generation, no violent reaction with air or water, unlike sodium-cooled designs.

Self-shielding pool

Lead naturally captures and retains hazardous radionuclides like iodine and cesium — the coolant itself acts as a containment barrier.

Walk-away cooling

Decay heat is removed by natural circulation alone — no pumps, no diesel generators, no operator action required, indefinitely.

Small modular vs. conventional giants

SMALL MODULAR (SMR)CONVENTIONAL LARGE PLANT
Unit size~200 MWe — matched to a state's need or one industrial cluster1,000–1,700 MWe — needs giant grid absorption
ConstructionFactory-built modules, assembled on site in years, not decadesBespoke mega-projects, historically prone to delays
Capital at riskSmaller unit cost — financeable by states and private consortiaMulti-billion single bets few balance sheets can carry
SitingCompact footprint near industry, data centers, brownfield sitesLarge exclusion areas, coastal/riverside mega-sites
ScalingAdd units as demand grows — fleet economics improve with each buildAll-or-nothing capacity steps
Cooling & safetyPassive, physics-based safety; lead coolant at atmospheric pressureActive safety systems with layered engineered backups
Applications

One reactor class. Five markets.

Grid Power

Firm, dispatchable clean baseload for state grids — the backbone renewables need.

Data Centers

24×7 carbon-free energy for AI-era compute — dedicated, price-stable, decades-long.

Heavy Industry

High-temperature process heat and power for steel, aluminium, chemicals and cement.

Green Hydrogen

530°C output heat makes high-efficiency hydrogen production economically viable.

Desalination

Co-generated heat can secure fresh water for coastal industrial corridors.

The Economics

Always-on power. Lifetime value.

The price on the tariff sheet is only half the story. The economics of energy are about how much a megawatt actually delivers, for how long, and what the grid must spend around it. That is where always-on nuclear changes the equation.

Energy delivered per MW installed — capacity factor

Share of the year a source actually produces at full power · illustrative global benchmarks
SMR nuclear (target)
93%
Coal
~60%
Wind
~30%
Solar
~20%

A 60-year asset

Two to three times the working life of solar or wind assets — capital amortized over generations of output, not one investment cycle.

Fleet learning curve

Factory-built modules mean every repeat unit is cheaper and faster than the last — the economics improve with each reactor in the series.

Whole-system savings

Firm power avoids the hidden costs of intermittency — oversized storage, idle backup fleets and transmission built for peaks.

Price stability for decades

Fuel is a small fraction of nuclear cost — so tariffs stay flat and predictable for 25-year contracts, insulated from commodity shocks.

Resources

Downloads & further reading

The policy, science and industry sources behind India's nuclear opening — and materials about Hyperfusion for partners and press.

Newsroom

Nuclear India, this week

Auto-updating headlines on India's nuclear opening and the global SMR race — pulled live from news feeds each time the page loads.

Headlines link to their original publishers. Hyperfusion is not responsible for external content.

What We Do

One platform. Many reactors.

Hyperfusion develops each power project as a dedicated venture with its own site, partners and long-term power agreements — a disciplined model proven across India's energy sector.

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State Partnerships

We work with state governments on long-term power purchase frameworks, site programmes and nuclear-readiness — bringing investment, jobs and firm clean energy to the states that will power India's growth.

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Industry & Data Centers

Dedicated clean baseload for the consumers that need it most — data centers, steel, aluminium, chemicals — through captive and group-captive power structures that deliver decades of price-stable energy.

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Ecosystem & Localization

Reactors are built by ecosystems, not companies. We are building the Indian supply chain, engineering talent and fuel-cycle partnerships that will make India a global home for advanced nuclear manufacturing.

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European Technology Bridge

We connect India to Europe's Generation-IV reactor programmes — where lead-cooled technology is moving from demonstration to deployment — bringing proven designs, fuel-cycle expertise and supply-chain partnerships to Indian projects.

Why Now

India's nuclear moment is here

The law has changed

India's landmark nuclear energy reform of 2025 opened the sector to private participation for the first time in six decades — a generational policy shift.

Demand is compounding

Data centers, electrified industry and a growing grid need firm, carbon-free power that solar and wind alone cannot shape — around the clock, for decades.

The technology is ready

Small modular reactors are moving from design to deployment worldwide. Europe's Generation-IV programmes are building now — and India can leapfrog straight to them.

Hyperfusion stands at the intersection: European Generation-IV technology partnerships, Indian execution, and the conviction that energy abundance is the foundation of national ambition.

Questions

Frequently asked

What is a small modular reactor (SMR)?

An SMR is a nuclear power plant of roughly 20–300 MWe whose major components are manufactured as factory-built modules and assembled on site. Smaller unit sizes mean lower capital at risk, faster construction, siting closer to demand, and fleet economics that improve with every unit built.

Why lead cooling instead of water?

Molten lead lets the reactor run at atmospheric pressure (no pressurized system to manage), doesn't burn or react with air and water, naturally shields radiation, and retains hazardous substances even in extreme scenarios. It also runs hotter than water — enabling more efficient electricity and industrial heat.

Is nuclear energy safe?

Nuclear power has one of the lowest death rates per unit of energy of any source, comparable to wind and solar. Generation-IV designs go further: their safety rests on physics — atmospheric pressure, inert coolant, passive cooling — rather than on layers of engineered systems. All plants in India operate under the licensing and continuous oversight of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

What happens to the waste?

Fast reactors are part of the answer to nuclear waste, not a contributor: they run on MOX fuel made by recycling used fuel from conventional reactors, recovering the ~99% of energy that once-through use leaves behind and reducing the volume and lifetime of long-lived waste by up to ~90% through multi-recycling.

Can private companies really build nuclear plants in India?

Yes — India's 2025 nuclear energy reform ended the six-decade state monopoly and created a licensing pathway for private participation, with detailed rules now being framed by the government. Every project remains subject to licensing by the Department of Atomic Energy and safety oversight by the AERB.

How does nuclear complement solar and wind?

Solar and wind are essential but intermittent. Nuclear provides the firm, always-on foundation beneath them — carbon-free power at night, through monsoons, and at industrial scale — so that the overall grid can be clean and reliable at the same time.

When will Hyperfusion's first reactor operate?

Advanced reactors follow deliberate, safety-first timelines. Our current decade is dedicated to project development: sites, state partnerships, regulatory groundwork, offtake agreements and localization — so that construction can begin as India's licensing framework and our technology partners' first European units mature.

How can my state or company work with Hyperfusion?

We partner with state governments on power purchase and siting programmes, and with industrial consumers and data-center operators on dedicated clean-power structures. Write to us at partnerships@hyperfusion.energy — we respond to every serious enquiry.

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Hyperfusion Private Limited
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Financial District, Hyderabad, Telangana 500032, India