Key Benefits of Helion’s Approach
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Magneto-Inertial Fusion: By combining the stability of steady magnetic fusion and the heating of pulsed inertial fusion, a commercially practical system has been realized that is smaller and lower cost than existing programs.
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Helium 3 Generation: Pulsed fusion accelerator generates Helium 3, leading to lifesaving medical treatments, modern computing, and simpler, cleaner fusion energy.
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Modular, Distributed Power: A container sized, 50 MW module for base load power generation.
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Magnetic Compression: Fuel is accelerated and heated purely by magnetic fields operated with modern solid state electronics. This eliminates inefficient, expensive laser, piston, or beam techniques used by other approaches.
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Direct Energy Conversion: Enabled by pulsed operation, efficient direct conversion decreases costs and engineering challenges.
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Safe: With no possibility of melt-down, or hazardous waste, Helion fusion does not suffer the drawbacks that make fission an unattractive alternative.
Technical Achievements
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Full scale plasma with lifetimes greater than 1 ms
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Fusion temperature plasmas
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Developed complete self-supplied He3 fuel cycle
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Demonstrated compression fields of greater than 100 Tesla
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External validation of cost and scaling models