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Sunday, July 4, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Helion Energy Achieves 100 Million °C in Pulsed Fusion Reactor
Fusion energy developer @Helion_Energy said yesterday it has become the first private company to announce exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius in its sixth #fusion generator prototype, Trenta https://t.co/51OeLoUsyS pic.twitter.com/ZdPKPXc4xq
— World Nuclear News (@W_Nuclear_News) June 23, 2021
The Helion Energy design is a pulsed aneutronic fusion device designed to use helium-3 and deuterium as fuel and produces electricity directly from the reaction, without generating heat to run steam turbines. Helium-3 is rare on the Earth, but can be mined from the lunar regolith, where it is deposited by the solar wind.
Posted at July 4, 2021 11:28