Atum Energies

About Atum Energies

Atum Energies is a deep-tech company focused on making nuclear fusion commercially viable. The company was founded by computational physicist James Leetch, who holds a PhD from the University of Southampton, and chemist Jessica Onie, who has a Master's from Imperial College London and a background in finance and economics. The team is addressing a core challenge in fusion energy: plasma instability, which causes energy leakage from reactor cores and constrains the development of cost-effective power plants. The company's core technology is IsoZero, a novel magnetic field configuration designed to suppress plasma instability at its source. This approach aims to minimize energy loss and maximize the energy output per unit of cost, paving the way for financially sustainable fusion power. Atum Energies is leveraging advanced computational physics and developing digital twin simulations to model, optimize, and de-risk the IsoZero concept before physical prototyping. Atum Energies' business model is centered on licensing its intellectual property. The company plans to launch a proprietary simulation software, ConfiNeX, as a design and analysis tool for the broader fusion industry starting in 2030. Concurrently, it will develop a licensable reactor design based on its IsoZero technology. The ultimate goal is to facilitate the production of scalable power plants that can be built worldwide to support the energy transition toward 2050. The company is currently in the process of raising funds to advance its computational work.