HELION RECEIVES APPROVALS FOR NEXT PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION OF WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIAL FUSION POWER PLANT

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Helion has been granted a Conditional Use Permit to start the next phase of development for its commercial fusion power plant. This clears the way for the construction of the fusion generator building of the company's Orion fusion power plant in Malaga, Washington. Helion plans to deliver electrons to the grid before the end of this decade. The company's approach of rapid iteration and testing has enabled it to make steady progress toward a commercial fusion power plant. It was the first private fusion company to achieve 100 million degrees Celsius plasma temperatures, generally considered the required operating temperature for commercial fusion feasibility.