He did this by spending around $2,000 on some off-the-shelf parts he ordered online.

The result was a setup that could successfully produce plasma, which is where the fusion magic happens.

Week two involved the nuts and bolts of assembling the main chamber and rectifier circuit.

Math student builds fusion reactor at home with help from Claude AI and $2,000

Nazoordeen opted for an MKS-901p transducer to monitor and control the vacuum continuously.

in a couple weeks, i built a nuclear fusor in my bedroom with zero hardware experiencethe secret?

“I fed Claude all my datasheets, and it helped a ton with this,” he said.

Achieving that is extremely challenging in a small design like this.

It would most likely require significant further engineering and potentially moving to more advanced reactor concepts.

Li praised Nazoordeen’s achievements.

“A lot of people I’ve talked to have been excited about building a fusion reactor.

Hudzah is the only person to have actually went on and executed!”

Image credit:Hudhayfa Nazoordeen