Doug Bernauer

6 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 18, 2024 by Doug Bernauer · across every show →

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Mar 18, 2024 positive

Opinion

Bernauer: Federal microreactor demonstration program is key to commercialization

“I think a real micro-reactor demonstration program from the federal side would probably be the single biggest thing we could do to accelerate our efforts to commercialization.”

Doug Bernauer Mar 18, 2024 ▶ 47:32 A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?

Mar 18, 2024 bullish

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Bernauer: Nuclear energy will leapfrog natural gas

“Natural gas, which I agree with Dr. Huff the low cost of it definitely caused us to adopt that, to fill that need, rather than nuclear, but I think nuclear can leapfrog it.”

Doug Bernauer Mar 18, 2024 ▶ 4:34 A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?

Aug 4, 2026 bullish

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Bernauer: Mass-produced micro-reactors will enable interstellar human travel

“Nuclear micro-reactors that are mass-produced, that are reliable in the most wild scenario enables humans to leave the star that we were born at, the sun, and go to other ones.”

Doug Bernauer Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 12:16 The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant | a16z American Dynamism

Aug 4, 2026 bullish

Opinion

Bernauer: Nuclear is the only viable way to power Mars fuel production

“And so I looked into solar power on Mars and found that was really challenging, and then I looked into nuclear power on Mars and found that was the only way.”

Doug Bernauer Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 4:06 The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant | a16z American Dynamism

Aug 4, 2026 positive

Disclosure

Doug Bernauer: Radiant Focuses on Building Reactors, Not Reactor Buildings

“What we want to be doing is building reactors, not reactor buildings.”

Doug Bernauer Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 4:50 The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant | a16z American Dynamism

Aug 4, 2026 neutral

Insight

Bernauer: Deployable and retrievable nuclear reactors require sizing around 1 MW

“It's only possible if you make a size about one megawatt, right? Make a small enough reactor, you can do this, transport it there and back again sort of trick, and take the fuel back, and so you have, like, no nuclear strings attached.”

Doug Bernauer Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 6:40 The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant | a16z American Dynamism

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