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New Zealand Fusion Startup Looks For Global Partnerships With Unconventional Reactor

By Rachel Rigby
8 September 2025

OpenStar sees compelling opportunities for ‘levitated dipole’ nuclear technology

New Zealand Fusion Startup Looks For Global Partnerships With Unconventional Reactor
OpenStar will focus on building and validating prototypes while deepening partnerships across the US, Asia, and potentially Europe and the Middle East. Courtesy OpenStar.
A New Zealand startup trying to harness nuclear fusion using an unconventional “inside out” reactor with a powerful levitating magnet at its core is looking towards partnership around the world, but has warned that Europe’s approach to energy innovation can be more “fragmented and protectionist” than the US and Asia.

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