Century
Engineering test platform for fusion power-plant research, operated with non-fusing laboratory plasmas.
Maturity not rated
Startup · United States
Zap Energy
HQ United States
Zap Energy is an integrated nuclear energy company building fission, fusion, and hybrid technologies to deliver on-demand, carbon-free power at scale.
Systems5
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Capabilities2
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inertial and pulsed-power fusion | Developer | Development | — | Sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch: a pulsed, self-pinched approach with no external magnets or lasers. | Reported |
| Microreactors | Developer | Development | — | — | Reported |
- DeveloperSheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch: a pulsed, self-pinched approach with no external magnets or lasers.DevelopmentReported
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Sources7
Profile3
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Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
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Zap Energy · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Zap Energy is an integrated nuclear energy company building fission, fusion, and hybrid technologies to deliver on-demand, carbon-free power at scale.”
Systems3
- 4CompanyFission | Zap Energy
Zap Energy · Supports System
“Introducing the ZMR, Zap's compact, factory-built, modular reactor. Zap Modular Reactors advance, improve on, and simplify the designs of past pioneering sodium-cooled nuclear technologies by applying modern analysis and design, advanced manufacturing techniques, up-to-date standards, improved regulatory pathways, and digital engineering.”
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Zap Energy · Supports System
“Century is Zap's fusion engineering test platform.”
- 6CompanyZap Energy exceeds gigapascal fusion plasma pressures on new fusion device, FuZE-3 | Zap Energy
Zap Energy · Supports System
“Operating a new device named the Fusion Z-pinch Experiment 3, or FuZE-3, Zap Energy has now achieved plasmas”
Technologies1
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Nuclear Engineering International · Supports Organization technology
“This electromagnetic phenomenon uses a powerful electric current to generate its own magnetic field, which compresses and heats plasma to fusion-grade temperatures.”
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