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Fusion roundup: Helion sets temperature record; Inertia raises $450M
Two start-ups working to commercialize fusion energy made headlines last week. Helion Energy announced that its Polaris prototype fusion energy machine recently demonstrated measurable deuterium-tritium fusion and achieved a plasma temperature of 150 million degrees Celsius (MºC). Newcomer Inertia Enterprises announced that it has raised $450 million in its Series A fundraising round.
Wentao Zhou, Xubo Gu, Dezhong Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 121 | Number 1 | November 2019 | Pages 330-332
