The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on October 02, 2023, 12:50:00 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1vyMcqiVtA
Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion power company, and Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer and recycler in North America, announced an agreement to develop a 500 MWe fusion power plant at a Nucor steel manufacturing facility in the United States. This collaboration is aimed at accelerating the future of clean energy in the industrial manufacturing sector.
Nucor will invest $35 million into Helion Energy as part of the deal. Helion Energy has received over $600 million in funding and commitments for another $1.7 billion to develop commercial nuclear fusion.
A few months ago, Helion Energy signed a deal to provide Microsoft with 50 MWe of fusion power by 2028.
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/09/helion-energy-partners-with-nucor-steel-for-500mw-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-in-2030.html
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Been watching Helion for a minute. Their design is centered around pulsed fusion v. the brute force method of the tokamak, and I think far more feasible. I like their business model and think if anyone can do it, they can.
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So the ion drive might become a reality...
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A few months ago, Helion Energy signed a deal to provide Microsoft with 50 MWe of fusion power by 2028.
Other than in the form of a thermonuclear blast, I don't see how that promise gets kept.
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Other than in the form of a thermonuclear blast, I don't see how that promise gets kept.
Their pulsed system has a much better chance of success because it doesn't try to keep a steady containment, and uses physical forces to augment the design.
What I like most about it is that they are going to extract the electricity directly, almost Tesla style.
If anyone can do it, I think they have the best shot. A couple more videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNfP3iywvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38
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Their pulsed system has a much better chance of success because it doesn't try to keep a steady containment, and uses physical forces to augment the design.
What I like most about it is that they are going to extract the electricity directly, almost Tesla style.
If anyone can do it, I think they have the best shot. A couple more videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNfP3iywvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38
I wasn't questioning the underlying science - which I don't know enough about right now - but rather that timeline. Even a coal or gas fired plant takes a while to build; I rather doubt they'll get a plant running on a brand new, never-tried, tech to be up and running in 4-1/2 years.