Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix

Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.

How to Build a Better Kind of Nuclear Power? This Side Hustle Might Help.

Zap Energy says its ultimate goal is safe, clean energy from fusion. To help get there, it’s starting to build fission ...

This company says nuclear fusion could finally power the grid — and soon

Commonwealth Fusion Systems took another step this week in its race to become the first to get the same power fueling the sun ...

Zap Energy’s nuclear double play: Fusion startup adds traditional fission to its lineup, in industry first

Fusion startup Zap Energy is adding nuclear fission to its quest for nuclear power, naming Zabrina Johal as CEO to lead the ...
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Fusion Won’t Replace Energy Policy

Commentary: Fusion won’t replace fission policy. Even with breakthroughs, deployment still depends on institutions, financing ...
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In a first, US nuclear fusion firm adds fission tech using 10MW underground microreactors

Zap Energy, a fusion energy startup based in the US, has made a strategic ...
MIT Technology Review

Will fusion power get cheap? Don’t count on it.

Fusion power could provide a steady, zero-emissions source of electricity in the future—if companies can get plants built and running. But a new study suggests that even if that future arrives, it ...
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How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge

China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record ...