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Deep Fission completes borehole demo with Youngquist; targets 2027 deployment
DEEP FISSION, INC.
- Collaborated with drilling contractor Youngquist Brothers to evaluate/test deep, large-diameter borehole drilling for underground reactor deployment.
- On Sept 3, 2026, in Fort Myers FL, Deep Fission lowered and retrieved its 30-inch full-size prototype reactor canister into a 34-inch borehole to ~100 ft.
- Youngquist has drilled large-diameter boreholes to depths >8,000 ft since 1971; partnership applies that expertise to Deep Fission's Gravity™ reactor model.
- Company targets commercial deployment as early as 2027; collaboration to continue on drilling and testing.