Keep pulling the thread on Field-Reversed Configuration.
The company operating the Polaris fusion prototype has completed its first deuterium-tritium fusion testing campaign.
The company operating the Polaris prototype is the first private fusion energy company to be licensed for handling tritium.
During recent tests, the Polaris prototype successfully heated deuterium-tritium fuel to over 150 million degrees.
The Polaris prototype achieved deuterium-tritium fusion on its first operational shot.
The recent deuterium-tritium experiments in the Polaris prototype set multiple world records for fusion.
The results from Polaris's high-performance operations confirm that the company's plasma scaling laws, previously observed in its Trenta prototype, remain valid.
The deuterium-tritium experiments confirmed that the company's understanding of Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasma physics and stability holds under new high-temperature conditions.
The Polaris team accomplished all of its primary goals for the deuterium-tritium test campaign on the first day of operations.
The Polaris machine is the seventh-generation fusion prototype developed by its operating company.
The company's deuterium-tritium fusion tests are a strategic step towards achieving helium-3 fusion.
Experiments in the Polaris prototype demonstrated that increased plasma compression and confinement led to higher temperatures and a greater fusion rate.