MalO
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We've all heard the "its 20 years away" promise so many times already. However Helion is producing fusion reactions right now, and has done over 1,000 fusion reactions already. Not only that, but I like that it is skipping past steam turbines and using electromagnetic oscillations to produce current straight from the reactor to the grid. It's really novel and give the video a watch.
Helion is the 6th generation and the generation 7 reactor will be called Polaris, and it's expected to generate lots of excess power and be a commercial reactor that is profitable to operate.
I'm actually really impressed by the interview. This looks a lot more promising than the huge tokamak reactors being built elsewhere.