🇨🇭 Transmutex
Overview
Geneva-based startup developing an accelerator-driven subcritical reactor using thorium fuel. Can be shut down in 2 milliseconds by switching off the particle accelerator. Founded by CERN-connected scientists, transmutes nuclear waste reducing radioactive lifetime from 300,000 years to under 500.
Timeline
2019Founded in Geneva
2024$23M Series A2 raised
2026Advanced modeling & fuel development
2030300 MW pilot plant design complete
2033Demonstration prototype operational