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The energy input into each magnet has to be in a specific sequence that needs to be timed precisely. Also keep in mind that after each pulse there is a period of time where the machine is vented completely before the next pulse. Anyway, neither flywheels nor two machines in tandem can really do that...

New blog post by Helion:
Measuring electricity production from fusion: Electrical diagnostics

https://www.helionenergy.com/articles/m ... agnostics/

I don't know if you've been keeping up with the news, but it's to keep the OpenAI bubble from popping. Conjecture. OpenAI is not even a customer of Helion yet. They are obviously smarter than that. LOL, you were the one who made that statement. People here try to have serious conversations. If you ...

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Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:50 pm

I don't know if you've been keeping up with the news, but it's to keep the OpenAI bubble from popping.

Conjecture. OpenAI is not even a customer of Helion yet.

I think fusion supply chains are quite different from fission. The startups are certainly working on building supply chains. The Fusion Industry Association is also pushing hard for it. But, the US government has to acknowledge that China is investing A LOT into that right now. They are behind the s...

On a different note:
There is a new video on Youtube. It shows some new (previously unseen) footage of their facility and has some interesting insights into their engineering, the magnet development and the challenges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyOL2S3N6Kw

Can you tell me what the very good reason is why Helion has to manufacture capacitors in-house? My understanding is that Helion's cap design is actually an older one that isn't readily available anymore, due to the specific performance characteristics they need for their energy capture design. I co...

You would be surprised how difficult it is to get capacitors and high power switches of certain specifications. There is a very good reason why Helion and Zap (and I believe others) have to manufacture caps and other equipment in-house. For certain electronic components related to fast and high powe...

Looks like they are updating Norm to (or at least close to) do what Copernicus was supposed to do.

sure, but as pointed out above, at current market prices it would make more commercial sense to sell any produced He3 than to burn it Well, this is for experiments right now. Polaris is meant to demonstrate both: Direct electricity from fusion and the production of He3 and Tritium in a way that it ...

Full Helion Newsletter: Polaris is undergoing fusion operations daily at our headquarters in Everett, WA, while we continue to build the world’s first fusion power plant in Malaga, WA. Over the past few months, our team has been tackling new challenges – all to optimize fusion performance and to for...

Guys! He3 is not that big of a problem. You can buy it on the free market at less cost than the Tritium. IIRC, Helion already has the He3 they need for their campaign.
That said, Polaris is still meant to demonstrate He3 production (and all that goes with it) at scale.

EM made the point that Tokamak can ‘work’ by simple scaling, not wrong, but the issue is Tokamak practicality, & EM points it out by citing it has a wall challenge. My point is that the wall problem is Tokamak’s problem not Fusion’s problem. It's a simple logic error. Yes, it's not the only logic e...

If there is thrust, it isn't evident to me from the orbital data visible on celestrak.org. Either they haven't cranked the drive up yet, or the effect must be subtle. If it's the latter, unfortunately no one is going to be convinced of anything. It needs to be boosted into a higher orbit (or at lea...

In other news: Helion launches Hercules a 17 Million dollar funding program for external researchers at universities, national labs and private enterprise. The idea is to offset the funding cuts to fusion research by the current administration: Now accepting proposals for HERCULES, Helion’s external...