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Licube wants to be the fuel provider to the fusion power industry — see how at TechCrunch Disrupt

Publisher description: Fusion power plants will need a lot of lithium, and Licube is preparing to be a key supplier.

TechCrunch | Oct 13, 2026 | Tim De Chant

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If fusion power pans out, and there are signs that it will, the world will need a lot more lithium. That’s the bet behind Licube, a startup that has licensed technology from Hirosaki University in Japan, to purify lithium-6, the form of lithium that fusion plants need to make their own fuel, out of naturally occurring lithium. Fusion companies can feed that highly enriched lithium into their fuel breeding systems.

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