Reply To: What can we do with $189 Billion?

[Ivy Matt]

Helion Energy has updated their website: http://www.helionenergy.com/

Of particular interest is that the folks at Helion think they can achieve conditions sufficient for D+3He fusion, with the 3He coming from the products of the D+D reaction. (Apparently they’re planning to separate and store the tritium until it decays to 3He.)

With the tritium separated, much of the fusion energy is released as charged particles, which push against the magnetic field that was used to compress the fusion fuel, thereby generating electricity by direct conversion.

They have achieved ion temperatures of 5 keV with their latest prototype.

Their plan is to develop truck-sized 50-MW reactors that can produce electricity for less than 4 cents per kilowatt/hour.