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Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc. Derek Shannon | Derek@LPPhysics.com | http://LPPhysics.com

Focus Fusion:

Transformative Energy Technology

Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc. Derek Shannon| Derek@LPPhysics.com | http://LPPhysics.com

Focus Fusion:

Transformative Energy Technology

Investor Highlights

• Market: Baseload electric generation

– Valuable spin-offs in NDI, medical isotopes

• Best results w ith most capital efficient tech

– $2M+ into facility opened 2009, record fusion yields

• Closest to game-changing breakthrough

– <$2M, this year, straightforw ard engineering

• Proven team

– 50+ years biz/tech experience, w ith unique expertise

• US/Oz patent issued, w orldw ide pending
• Strong shareholder’s agreement, traction

– 40 private investors, w ith Abell Foundation

• Exit: IPO or buy back upon commercialization

Competition illustrates key advantages for LPP

Aneutronic fusion D-T fusion Fission

B&W mPower, NuScale, Terrapower, Areva Nat’l Ignition Facility, Iter, General Fusion TriAlpha, Polywell, LPP

• Direct conversion to

electricity

• Large reduction in costs
• Abundant fuel:

– Hydrogen and Boron

Aneutronic: No neutrons → No $$$ turbines

Safe, nothing to run aw ay NO radioactive w aste Worth a try, goshdarnit!

What is Focus Fusion? Controlled Nuclear Fusion using Dense Plasma Focus + Hydrogen-Boron (Aneutronic) Fuel

But is Focus Fusion HOT?

Yes,

A patented, low -cost approach… …backed by peer-review ed research

This beam means business

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Meet Focus Fusion – 1

• 12 capacitor bank
• Stored energy

– 115 kJ

• Capacitor potential

– 45 kV

• Goal peak current

>2 MA

• Pressure <5%

atmosphere

• Key Features:

– Small electrodes for mega-amp DPF

– 5 cm cathode, 2.8 cm anode

– Axial field coil

Innovation

• n the shoulders of giants
• Rich body of DPF

scientific literature since invention in ‘60’s

• Dozens of research

groups w orldw ide

– X-ray/neutron applications – US teams at KSU, NSTec

• 2009: LPP Focus Fusion-1

lab begins experiments

• Testing our key

innovations to demonstrate scientific feasibility of focus fusion

Accurate DPF model

Optimal angular momentum QMF to reduce X- rays Efficient X-ray capture Efficient beam capture

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Innovation at the heart of

FoFu-1

Drift tube

• Time of flight neutron/X-ray

detectors

• Time of flight ion beam detectors

(Rogow ski coils) Silver activation detector

• Bubble detectors

Cathode Anode AFC coil

Goal product: 5 MW Focus Fusion generator Low er projected cost than any other energy tech $60/kW, .2 cents/kW-hr

The Product 5 MW Generator

• Clean
• Inexpensive
• Safe
• Compact

Pulsed pow er

makes it possible

• Inherent safety
• Brief confinement

US Patent #7,482,607 (2009)

Method and apparatus for producing x-rays, ion beams and nuclear fusion energy

Record relative fusion yields

January 2011

Focus Fusion ready to extend lead

NIF - lasers ITER - tokamak Dinosaurs ready for disruption! 30 years, $30 billion, not designed to produce power

LPP leads the clean fusion race

Goal conditions for energy breakthrough!

LPP! w/<$1M machine Competition

Princeton Tokamak $8M Bussard polywell $100M+ Paul Allen/Tri-Alpha

ICOPS 2011: LPP’s FoFu-1 leads NIF

The challenges: Two dow n, one to go

Enough heat Enough time Density: On track for 2012

Local, international media take note

Fast track to commercialization

Next: Achieve high densities w ith commercial fuel $1M / 1 yr – conclude scientific feasibility $38M / 4 yrs – for commercial generator

Timeline for Total Energy Transformation

2012-2013: Scientific demo 2015-2016: Commercial prototype 2016: Mass manufacture with worldwide JV partners and licensees Example: Tesla Model S, 1st year (2012) production 5-7k vehicles Example: 2M total EV’s in 2014 They’ll stack!

Huge Market Potential

“Chindia” price: the price at which India and China would adapt a technology for economic reasons. “Everything’s a toy until it reaches that point” –Vinod Khosla

Tesla S launch year equivalent 5,000 FoFu units: 25GW; 1/100th 2014 global EV equivalent 20,000 FoFu units: 100 GW

Team

• Eric Lerner, President and Chief Scientist

– 28 years in plasma physics research – 2 patents, papers, Google TechTalk

• Aaron Blake, CFO/Chief mechanic

– MBA, 2 start-ups, 9 years USAF officer, patent

• Derek Shannon, Bus. Development/Lab Coordinator

– Caltech, USC; tech commercialization and space policy

• Off-site/part-time

– Fred von Roessel, electrical engineer, IEEE lifetime – Dr. John Guillory, GMU Prof. Emeritus – Dr. Warw ick Dumas, simulation lead, UK – Dr. John Thompson, leading pulsed pow er expert – Ivana Karamitsos, IT – Grad students M. Ismail and A. Mohamed, Kansas State

• Active Board of Advisors
• Focus Fusion Society: Nonprofit outreach/education

Questions?

http://LPPhysics.com | lpp@LPPhysics.com

Investor Highlights

• Market: Baseload electric generation

– Valuable spin-offs in NDI, medical isotopes

• Best results w ith most capital efficient tech

– $2M+ into facility opened 2009, record fusion yields

• Closest to game-changing breakthrough

– <$2M, this year, straightforw ard engineering

• Proven team

– 50+ years biz/tech experience, w ith unique expertise

• US/Oz patent issued, w orldw ide pending
• Strong shareholder’s agreement, traction

– 40 private investors, w ith Abell Foundation

• Exit: IPO or buy back upon commercialization