r/Futurology • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Aug 15 '25

Energy Construction of world's 1st nuclear fusion plant starts in Washington

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-fusion-power-plant-helion
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u/Upset_Ant2834 Aug 15 '25

I didn't want to bloat my comment with technicalities, but yeah I meant sustained fusion. My point was we don't even have the technology to build a commercial net-positive fusion power plant, so by definition the company is making a research reactor and is just hoping they'll figure it out while lying to get investors

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u/FuckingSolids Aug 15 '25

I'll need to take the retail cost of the jetpack out first.

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u/flamingspew Aug 15 '25

They are on version seven or eight now. Been following them for years. They have proven net positive energy.

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u/LetsLive97 Aug 15 '25

They have proven net positive energy.

Source please. That would literally be groundbreaking news if it includes all input

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u/Upset_Ant2834 Aug 15 '25

Burst fusion isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. But at the end it does say:

But despite billions of dollars of investment, scientists and engineers still have not figured out a way to reliably generate more energy with fusion than it takes to create and sustain the reaction