内容来源：https://www.geekwire.com/2026/helion-secures-worlds-first-regulatory-licenses-for-fusion-power-plant-being-built-in-washington/

内容总结：

美国初创公司Helion Energy获全球首张核聚变发电设施运营许可

2025年4月8日，总部位于美国华盛顿州埃弗雷特的核聚变初创公司Helion Energy宣布，该公司已获得全球首张核聚变发电设施的监管运营许可证。华盛顿州卫生部（DOH）向其颁发了《放射性材料许可证》和《放射性空气排放许可证》，标志着该设施在安全标准、人员资质及安全程序方面已通过审核。

Helion首席执行官大卫·柯特利表示，公司已与州卫生部密切合作完成取证流程。华盛顿州卫生部辐射办公室负责人吉尔·伍德强调：“领导华盛顿州核聚变行业的放射性监管工作，对于在推进清洁能源的同时保护公众健康至关重要。”

目前，全球有超过40家企业竞相实现可控核聚变——这一被视为“人造太阳”的清洁能源技术。Helion三年前已与微软签署协议，计划于2028年前为其数据中心供电。其位于华盛顿州马拉加的“猎户座”核聚变电站设计发电容量为50兆瓦，去年已破土动工。近期该公司完成4.63亿美元新一轮融资，累计投资额达15亿美元。

值得关注的是，当前尚无任何机构实现核聚变能量产出超过消耗——即“净能量增益”。尽管部分怀疑论者认为该技术距离商业化仍需数十年，甚至质疑其成本竞争力，但行业监管正加速推进。2023年，美国核管会将核聚变归类为类似粒子加速器及医疗设备的装置，而非传统核裂变反应堆，改由州卫生部监管。华盛顿州随之通过第1924号及第1018号法案，明确核聚变的清洁能源属性及许可流程。

中文翻译：

Helion Energy 周二宣布，该公司成为全球首家获得聚变发电设施监管许可的企业。这家总部位于华盛顿州埃弗雷特的初创公司去年已在华盛顿州中部为规划中的电站破土动工。华盛顿州卫生局（DOH）颁发的这批新许可包括放射性材料许可证和放射性空气排放许可证，表明 Helion 已满足该设施在设备、人员及安全程序方面的要求。

首席执行官大卫·柯克利表示，Helion 与华盛顿州卫生局密切合作才顺利取得这些许可证。该州辐射办公室主任吉尔·伍德对双方的合作赞誉有加。“在华盛顿州主导聚变行业的放射性监管工作既是一种荣誉，也对保障公众健康、推动清洁能源发展至关重要，”伍德补充道。

在全球40多家竞相复制太阳核聚变反应的企业中，Helion 正致力于在地球上通过核聚变产生清洁且丰富的能源，并渴望成为首个成功的公司。三年前，这家初创公司与微软签署协议，计划在2028年前为这家科技公司的某个数据中心供电。

Helion 位于华盛顿州马拉加的设施将比邻而建，其“猎户座”电站目标发电量为50兆瓦。该公司近期新融资4.63亿美元，累计投资总额达15亿美元。

迄今为止，无论是企业还是学术机构，尚未有任何一个核聚变系统产生的能量超过驱动反应消耗的能量——尽管各方都在此目标上取得了重要进展。怀疑论者认为，距离人类攻克聚变发电仍需多年时间，甚至有人质疑这种能源能否具备成本竞争力。

即便如此，该行业及其监管规则仍在持续演进，期冀有人能达成聚变目标。美国核监管委员会在2023年裁定，聚变技术更接近粒子加速器和医院设备，而非传统核裂变反应堆，并确定应由华盛顿州卫生局而非作为裂变电厂进行监管。华盛顿州议会还通过了众议院第1924号法案和众议院第1018号法案，进一步明确聚变能作为清洁能源的法律地位，并制定了相关许可规则。

英文来源：

Helion Energy announced Tuesday that it’s the first company in the world to receive regulatory licenses for a fusion power facility. The Everett, Wash.-based startup broke ground last year on the planned plant in Central Washington.
The Washington Department of Health (DOH) issued the new permissions, which include a Radioactive Materials License and a Radioactive Air Emissions License. Their issuance indicates Helion has met safety requirements for the plant’s facilities, personnel and safety programs.
Helion worked closely with DOH to secure the licenses, said CEO David Kirtley. Jill Wood, director of DOH’s Office of Radiation, praised the partnership with the company.
“Leading radioactive regulatory oversight for the fusion industry in Washington state is an honor and is essential to protecting public health while advancing clean energy,” Wood added.
Helion is one of more than 40 companies worldwide racing to replicate the reactions that power the sun, aiming to produce clean, abundant energy from fusion on Earth — and it hopes to be the first to succeed. Three years ago, the startup signed a deal with Microsoft to begin supplying electricity by 2028 to power one of the tech company’s data centers.
The facilities will sit near each other in Malaga, Wash. Helion’s Orion plant aims to produce 50 megawatts of power. The company recently raised $463 million in new funding, bringing its total investments to $1.5 billion.
So far, no company or academic effort has produced more energy from a fusion system than it takes to create the reactions, though both have notched important milestones toward that goal. Skeptics believe it will take many years before anyone cracks fusion power, and some wonder whether the energy source will ever be cost-competitive.
Even so, the sector and its regulations keep evolving in hopes that someone hits the fusion target. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined in 2023 that fusion technology is more akin to particle accelerators and hospital equipment than to traditional nuclear fission reactors, and decided it should be regulated by DOH rather than treated like a fission plant.
Washington state lawmakers also passed House Bill 1924 and House Bill 1018 to further clarify fusion’s status as a clean energy source and to establish permitting rules.