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ladajo wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:44 pm

I wouldn't want to be an electrician on that installation crew. Talk about mind numbing repetition. That's a lot of wires and caps.

From what I understand, they have established a good and efficient process for all of this. Might not be as bad as it seems...

Another new newsletter. Big improvements, but still not near their record shot from years ago:
https://www.lppfusion.com/storage/LPPFu ... 1-2023.pdf

Consensus is that they are talking a lot of technobabble. Their alleged "verification" by various entities does not hold up to scrutiny. Feels like another Rossi- kind of scheme...

My guess is neither. Self delusion, probably.

These wires are not for the magnet coils. Their magnets are monolithic aluminum.

To be clear, this is the formation test and not the actual Polaris machine, which is still under construction. The formation test does help them test things, learn and reduce the amount of bugs they will encounter with Polaris early on though.

Helion got the cables for Polaris delivered recently. 1000 km worth of cabling! That is a lot of cables. Received a massive shipment of cable - over a megameter in total! Our team has meticulously hipot tested every 500-meter spool, ensuring they're all set for installation on Polaris. HelionCabling...

New newsletter is out. Not much news. They went to a conference. According to presenters there PB11 fusion yield surpasses simulations. LPPF is going to use decaborane for fuel. Since it is toxic, they need some filters, which they are currently working on. https://www.lppfusion.com/storage/LPPFusio...

New Helion Energy Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/helionenergy/coils-capacitors-customers We are working to get Polaris built as quickly as possible, with an aim of having the full machine together early next year. Over the past three months, the work our team has been doing to prepare for Polaris ov...

Thank you Skipjack, very interesting. I just rechecked their website to confirm that my memory was accurate, and yes, that data point is still not there. I know it is not on the website. I assume that Helion have their reasons for that. Helion is in their absolute right to tell as much or as little...

It they had tried burning D-T (which at the 8 keV ion temp they reached is ~750 times more reactive than D-D), they would have a clue, but they didn't, or at least Helion's web says they didn't (which confuses me because Dr. Kirtley is shown in one of the videos from last year with a small tank of ...

1) Stability of the FRC during the fusion stage: Starting with a 10^22 - 10^23 m(-3) ion density, 20-30 keV ion temp, D-3He FRC. If 1% undergo fusion, that will create 10^20 - 10^21 high speed charged particles, directionally isotropic at birth (I think). Will that perturbe the FRC structure? I ima...

The point of the Nucor deal is to explore "beyond the meter" electricity production for various purposes. Right now, it takes over seven(!) years to get a license for grid connection in the US. In order to accelerate commercialization, Helion is looking at alternative routes. Kinda sucks, but the US...

RERT wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:35 am

Thanks: so, barring something surprising, the 2028 Nucor power will be 50MW units, I surmise.

I think 2028 is Microsoft. Nucor might be later.

mvanwink5 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:13 pm

It is not clear from Helion's press release on the 500 MWe power plant for NUCOR, but I presume it is ten 50 MWe fusion electric power generators?

Yet undetermined. They can generally build these machines as big as they want. So it it could be one or 10 or anything in between.