Nuclear fusion is considered the ultimate energy solution for mankind. Once commercialized, it will theoretically have endless energy. The American company Helion recently announced that it has successfully achieved a high temperature of 150 million degrees, entering the threshold of nuclear fusion power generation. Helion is an American start-up company in the field of nuclear fusion, but it is making rapid progress.An agreement was signed with Microsoft in early 2023.Orion, the first nuclear fusion power plant, is scheduled to be built in 2028 and start providing power to American technology giants. Many companies in the United States regard nuclear fusion power plants as the key to AI infrastructure.
The company recently announced this milestone,Successfully heated plasma to 150 million degrees (Celsius) in the company's prototype reactor, this is the seventh-generation Polaris prototype they developed. The previous six-generation machines achieved a high temperature of 100 million degrees.
High temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees are considered the threshold for the commercialization of nuclear fusion power generation, but Helion’s technology route is different. They chose the deuterium-helium-3 fusion route instead of the traditional tokamak technology route.Therefore, 2 times the plasma temperature is required to stabilize commercial power generation.
At present, they have achieved a high temperature of 150 million degrees, reaching the threshold of commercial power generation, but they will eventually reach 200 million degrees, so they need to continue to increase the high temperature to 50 million degrees.
