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Radiant Nuclear

also referred to as: radiant

6 statements across 3 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 18, 2024 by Doug Bernauer · said 21 times in 4 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by Doug Bernauer (5), David Ulevitch (5), Steph Smith (2), Ryan McEntush (2), Dr. Katherine Huff (2)

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Mar 18, 2024 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2026
Bernauer: Radiant targets 2026 field demonstration for microreactor
“Our timeline has not changed since we started the company in twenty-twenty. We want to do a field demonstration in twenty-twenty-six.”
Doug Bernauer Mar 18, 2024 ▶ 28:32 A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?
Jul 16, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Ulevitch: Radiant Nuclear's 1-megawatt micro-reactor fits on an 18-wheeler truck
“It's a one megawatt reactor. It can be put on the back of an eighteen-wheeler and shipped around.”
David Ulevitch Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 31:56 America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid
Aug 4, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2026
Radiant will achieve reactor criticality and 700°C operations by 2026
“Since 2020, we've been on target for going there by 20, 26, and then we'll go critical. The system is designed to go to over 700 degrees Celsius, and then we'll run for 150 hours continuously.”
Doug Bernauer Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 8:32 The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant |  a16z American Dynamism
Aug 4, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Radiant is the first company competitively selected for INL dome testing
“That dome was going to be torn down and ultimately was repurposed for this purpose that now enables Radiant to be the first company that comes in that was selected through a competitive process.”
Idaho National Laboratory Official Aug 4, 2026 ▶ 8:44 The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant |  a16z American Dynamism
Aug 4, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
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 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
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