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Inertia Enterprises Cuts Fusion Fuel Pellet Production Time from Days to Minutes

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Updated Aug 20

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Inertia Enterprises has developed a method to produce fusion fuel pellets in about two to three hours, significantly reducing the time from several days. This advancement addresses one of the ten barriers the startup must overcome to achieve its commercial power plant goals. The process was developed in collaboration with the National Ignition Facility and allows for mass manufacturing of fuel pellets.

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Aug 20

The time to produce fuel pellets has been reduced from several days to approximately two to three hours.

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Inertia has found a way to cut the time it takes to make its fuel pellets from several days to just minutes.

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Investors gave Inertia $450 million on the premise that it could commercialize technology developed at the National Ignition Facility.

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A single fuel pellet can be made in about two to three hours, and the process can be ramped to industrial scale.

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Inertia expects its full-scale commercial power plant will use ten fuel pellets every second.

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Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast

TechCrunch·Aug 20