THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS AWARDED TO EXOFUSION, INC. FOR A PROJECT ENTITLED, ''NOVEL LIQUID METAL PLASMA FACING COMPONENT ALLOYS”. THIS AWARD IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0003240 (CHADWICK) AND APPLICATION CONTROL NUMBER 3240-1549. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATERIALS THAT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAVE PROPERTIES TAILORED TO OPTIMIZE THE CORE CONFINEMENT AND DIVERTOR PLASMA PERFORMANCE WHILE BEING ABLE TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF A PFC IN AN FPP ENVIRONMENT. CORE CONFINEMENT IS THE SINGLE LARGEST COST DRIVER OF AN FPP (ACCORDING TO RECENT STUDIES), SO THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO AN ECONOMIC FPP. THE PFC MATERIAL HAS AN ENORMOUS IMPACT UPON CORE CONFINEMENT, AS WE WILL SEE. SOLID W AND LIQUID LI LIKELY HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH CORE-EDGE INTEGRATION, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY MANIFEST IN LOWERED CONFINEMENT. THIS CAN BE REMEDIED BY THE NEW MATERIALS HERE. THE APPLICANT ALSO PROPOSES A NOVEL CLASS OF LIQUID METALS (LMS) TO ENABLE CORE EDGE INTEGRATION, HAVING 1) UNIQUE CHEMISTRY (AS PER THE FOA) TO SEGREGATION LOW Z TO THE SURFACE OF HIGH Z BULK, SO PLASMA MATERIAL INTERACTION (PMI) IS OPTIMIZED AND 2) PROPERTIES TO ENCOURAGE THE VERY STRONG DIVERTOR HEAT FLUX MITIGATION REQUIRED FOR AN FPP.