Inside Zap Energy, the Bill Gates-backed company that wants to bring fusion power to the electrical grid

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A large amount of machinery in a warehouse including some behind a chain-link fence
The Z-pinch machine, FuZE, at Zap Energy could someday produce fusion reactions.

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US scientists have launched a new nuclear era they call the 'age of ignition' but it's still a distant dream from the age of nuclear power

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Two people in white coverall suits look at the machinery at the National Ignition Facility Target Area.
Operators inspect the National Ignition Facility target chamber where the fusion ignition experiments take place.

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The largest fusion reactor in the world fired up in Japan. Here's how the $600 million device compares to the US's revolutionary fusion machine.

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A large circular metal device, JT-60SA, surrounded by other metal machinery
JT-60SA is a tokamak in Japan, currently the largest fusion reactor in the world.

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