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DOE certifies Thea Energy's Helios pilot plant preconceptual design
Thea Energy became the first company in the DOE's Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program to complete certification of its pilot plant design. The independent expert review validated the Helios design, which incorporates software-controlled adaptive magnets, an advanced divertor system, and sector-based maintenance.
- First company to receive DOE design certification in the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program
- 200-page Helios design report includes industry firsts in software-controlled magnets and divertor design
- Successful demonstration of world's first superconducting planar coil magnet array
- Down-selected to specific family of stellarator plasma configurations
- Design pathway clears major milestone toward commercial deployment