Mike Clark, an instrumentation technologist, works on a nuclear fusion research device at UW-Madison’s Physical Sciences Lab in 2024. Madison-based company Realta Fusion is building on its work in its quest to create a new kind of power plant, and the company is considering keeping its operations close to home.
A nuclear fusion company that got its start at UW-Madison is nearing the end of a nationwide search for the right place to advance the technology it hopes will power the future.
The former Oscar Mayer building is still a prominent feature of Madison’s East Side. A nuclear fusion facility could bring fresh momentum to the industrial part of the property as new housing rises around it.
Realta Fusion emerged from research at UW-Madison and is now based in an office building on the city’s Far West Side. The company is considering two sites for its future headquarters, at least one of them in Madison.
Scientist Jay Anderson, pictured in a UW-Madison lab in 2024, describes how his team is using magnets to harness plasma and make nuclear fusion possible. Anderson is a co-founder of Realta Fusion, which plans to build a larger device in a new facility, possibly at the former Oscar Mayer property on Madison’s East Side.
The Oscar Mayer property, pictured before Kraft Heinz moved out in 2017, could support a mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses, according to a city plan completed a few years later. Development proposals have picked up in the area over the last few years.
Mike Clark, an instrumentation technologist, works on a nuclear fusion research device at UW-Madison’s Physical Sciences Lab in 2024. Madison-based company Realta Fusion is building on its work in its quest to create a new kind of power plant, and the company is considering keeping its operations close to home.
The former Oscar Mayer building is still a prominent feature of Madison’s East Side. A nuclear fusion facility could bring fresh momentum to the industrial part of the property as new housing rises around it.
Scientist Jay Anderson, pictured in a UW-Madison lab in 2024, describes how his team is using magnets to harness plasma and make nuclear fusion possible. Anderson is a co-founder of Realta Fusion, which plans to build a larger device in a new facility, possibly at the former Oscar Mayer property on Madison’s East Side.
The Oscar Mayer property, pictured before Kraft Heinz moved out in 2017, could support a mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses, according to a city plan completed a few years later. Development proposals have picked up in the area over the last few years.
Realta Fusion emerged from research at UW-Madison and is now based in an office building on the city’s Far West Side. The company is considering two sites for its future headquarters, at least one of them in Madison.
