Everything Doug Bernauer said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Helium gas coolant cannot absorb neutrons or become radioactive
“We use helium gas because it can't become radioactive either. And it's a gas. It can't actually absorb a neutron, which is what makes something radioactive when it starts out not being radioactive.”
US gigawatt-scale nuclear reactors are derived from a 1950s design
“And that's why today we have, I think the number is about 93 operating gigawatt scale light water reactors. They're all based on that one design from that moment in time, way back when.”
Radiant will publicly release nuclear-grade graphite test results to qualify suppliers
“So we are testing nuclear grade graphite right now. We actually will make the results of that available to everyone. So it will just qualify a U S domestic American made nuclear grade graphite supplier to a higher degree”
Radiant has raised about $60 million from a16z and USV
“And then we raised a series A with Union Square Ventures in 20, 22. And then a little over a year ago, we did a series B with Andreessen and raised a forty-five million dollar round. So when you add all that up, we've raised about sixty million in total ventur…”
Radiant has won seven government contracts totaling approximately $8.7 million
“We have also won, I want to say it's seven government contracts at this point. And that totals about 8.7 million. And no other forms of financing.”
Uranium's negative thermal coefficient automatically shuts microreactors down if cooling fails
“If that helium pump fails, the system will start to heat up. And as it heats up, it doesn't even need to heat up very much. It heats up a little bit. The reactor goes subcritical and shuts itself off. And this is
this is true for most reactor technologies bec…”
Radiant plans to fundraise in summer 2024 before first reactor test
“We are going to fundraise again pretty soon this summer. It'll be the last time to invest before the first reactor in 50 years gets fueled and tested”
Bernauer: US once had over 400 operating uranium mines
“I think we had over 400 uranium mines operating in the US and really we were the great developers and exporters of our technology to the rest of the world”
Bernauer: Zero nuclear reactor manufacturing licenses ever issued in US
“There's zero.”
Bernauer spent 12 years at SpaceX after consecutive launch failures
“Yeah, I spent 12 years at SpaceX had joined when they had failed two rockets in a row but I thought it was just a big and beautiful mission to lower the cost of launch, to make life multi-planetary and that's why I did that for 12 years, but I worked on all so…”
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