Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast
Fusion startup Inertia Enterprises said it has found a way to cut the time it takes to make its fuel pellets from several days to just minutes. By slashing fuel filling time, Inertia says it has knocked down one of the 10 barriers it must overcome to deliver the first phase of its commercial power plant ambitions.
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- Fact 1: By slashing fuel filling time, Inertia says it has knocked down one of the 10 barriers it must overcome to deliver the first phase of its commercial power plant ambitions.
- Fact 2: The advance was not guaranteed: Investors gave Inertia $450 million on the premise that it could commercialize technology developed at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which is an elaborate science experiment that requires painstaking care and feeding to operate.
- Fact 3: After several rounds of development, the startup was able to grow the crystals in about 30 minutes, something that could take up to a week at the NIF.
- Fact 4: It’s also extremely expensive at the moment, about $30,000 per gram, and only about 25 kilograms are stockpiled globally, according to the journal Science.
Fusion startup Inertia Enterprises said it has found a way to cut the time it takes to make its fuel pellets from several days to just minutes. By slashing fuel filling time, Inertia says it has knocked down one of the 10 barriers it must overcome to deliver the first phase of its commercial power plant ambitions.
The startup gave TechCrunch an exclusive first look at the process. The advance was not guaranteed: Investors gave Inertia $450 million on the premise that it could commercialize technology developed at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which is an elaborate science experiment that requires painstaking care and feeding to operate. At the NIF, making fuel pellets can take a week or more and cost a small fortune.
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Original source: TechCrunch — Startups
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