Gener8

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Gener8 dives deep into the world of nuclear, power, and industrial heat and aims to bring concise, thoughtful, and in-depth discussions biweekly with expert guests. Gener8 is hosted by Veriten Director of Nuclear and Power Strategy, Brett Rampal and its COO, Jeff Tillery.

Episódios

  1. Thomas Eiden, Atomic Alchemy

    há 4 dias

    Thomas Eiden, Atomic Alchemy

    Welcome back to Gener8. Thomas Eiden is the Chief Alchemical Officer and CEO at Atomic Alchemy, a nuclear technology developer focused on participating in the global supply of radioisotopes for medical, industrial, and numerous other applications that are a part of the invisible infrastructure supporting humanity on a daily basis. Thomas joined us to share why Atomic Alchemy is focused in this area versus electricity or heat, which seem to be the primary focus of most nuclear technology developers today and helped us understand the current and future radioisotope uses and markets. As a current participant in the Department of Energy's Reactor Pilot Program, Thomas also helped us understand why the program has been the right choice for them as well as where their current progress stands. As a subsidiary of Oklo, a publicly traded nuclear technology developer, the conversation also touched on how that relationship has been helpful for development and commercialization plans before Thomas shared his concerns for broad as well as Atomic Alchemy success in the current space and climate.   Radioisotopes help keep our industries running as well as treating cancer and other patients with no other options in addition to numerous other important activities. We're thankful to Thomas for helping us understand a little more about what exactly is going on in this space, how folks are thinking about contributing today, and what a productive and successful future might look like.

    35 min

  2. 18 de mai.

    Isaiah Taylor, Valar Atomics

    We are pleased to share the next episode of Gener8, available now to our private Veri-Lens community. The field of nuclear technology developers appears to be attracting new participants almost daily; however, identifying newcomers that have made tangible progress has proven more difficult than many would like. That is, until recently. On the back of presidential orders targeting new reactor deployment and hundreds of millions of dollars in private interest, companies like Valar Atomics are making headlines and building hardware in pursuit of first-of-a-kind technology deployment, as well as longer-term commercial aspirations. Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, joined Gener8 to discuss the line between hype and real progress as Valar participates in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program and looks ahead. Nick Morris, Veriten’s new Managing Director, also joined the conversation, which ranged from reactors in C-17s to lawsuits against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and everything in between. Isaiah shared insights into the team that has helped Valar jump into the deep end of reactor development, what brought him personally to this journey, and how the company’s experimental and testing activities could translate into future success. As Valar rounds the final bend in a race with other pilot program participants to achieve the President’s goals ahead of July 4, 2026, Isaiah’s passion for the project was clearly evident. Veriten and the broader Gener8 audience should keep Valar and its peers on the radar in the coming months, weeks, and perhaps even days.

    41 min
  3. Kurt Terrani, Standard Nuclear

    24 de abr.

    Kurt Terrani, Standard Nuclear

    Interest in new nuclear energy generation is currently at unprecedented levels that has been unseen in the United States in decades, if not ever. Alongside this interest in generation, private and public interest in the nuclear energy supply chain is surging with billions of dollars in unlocked opportunities set to turbocharge industry, manufacturing, and services that have faced stagnation for most of our lifetimes. One of the most important but little understood aspects of the nuclear energy supply chain is the manufacturing of nuclear fuel, a manufacturing operation in the U.S. that has developed all domestic needs for decades from just three facilities to supply almost one in five Americans with their electricity needs. While significant attention both in the form of public and private investments has been focused on earlier portions of the nuclear fuel supply chain such as conversion and enrichment (refining processes that create useable feedstock material for manufacturing but have limited domestic commercial capacity), manufacturing nuclear fuel is becoming more and more a focus. Advanced reactor developers are looking to utilize new fuel forms and technologies, which have even more limited manufacturing capacity in the United States as compared to the capacity available and utilized by the existing fleet.     Creating significant new fuel manufacturing capacity will be paramount to the deployment of new nuclear technologies. Standard Nuclear aims to become one of the primary suppliers of the TRISO nuclear fuel manufacturing segment. Kurt Terrani, current CEO of Standard Nuclear and a veteran of the U.S. National Lab and nuclear developer space, joined GENER8 to offer insights and perspectives into the challenges and opportunities facing Standard as well as what the future may hold. Kurt helped level set our conversation by explaining more exactly about what nuclear fuel is and how Standard and others manufacturing processes work  The discussion also explored into how Kurt ended up at Standard, why an independent and technology-agnostic fuel manufacturer can play an important role in the future of the nuclear industry, as well as the role of increased interest by the federal government. Kurt also gave us a picture of what the next few years of activities could look like for Standard, and how the broader nuclear space will sink or swim based on the successes, failures, and progress made today.

    40 min
  4. Nick Touran, What Is Nuclear?

    06/03/2025

    Nick Touran, What Is Nuclear?

    For episode 31 of Gener8, we encourage you to utilize our visual stream as we're excited to share a documentary film that hasn't been seen in decades but is now available to us all thanks to the efforts of this episode's guest, Dr. Nick Touran. Nick is the founder and main force behind the WhatIsNuclear.com website, the Manager of Digital Engineering at Terrapower, and a man on a mission to save and revive some of the history around many of the amazing activities that took at the beginning of the nuclear age. Veriten was honored to sponsor the digitization of one of these films and Nick discussed with us how he got caught up in such an activity, why he founded his website, and what he does at at Terrapower before we dove into the film for the first time together. The film tells a bit of the story around the Armour research reactor, America's first privately-owned nuclear reactor which went online in 1956 on the campus of an Illinois university for research purposes. Nick also shared some lessons we could take from the film that are applicable to today's nuclear deployment paradigm and also shared his ambitious around further digitization efforts he plans to undertake.   For a link directly to the film Veriten sponsored the digitization of, please click here.

    47 min
  5. Trey Lauderdale, Atomic Canyon

    06/03/2025

    Trey Lauderdale, Atomic Canyon

    Episode 30 of Gener8 dives into the role of AI in nuclear technology activities with a discussion featuring Trey Lauderdale, Founder and CEO of Atomic Canyon. Atomic Canyon is using AI to reduce documentation burdens at currently operating as well as future nuclear plants and is engaged in a first-of-a-kind demonstration project at Diablo Canyon Nuclear power station. Trey discussed a little of the philosophy of where he sees the role of the AI technology in high documentation and highly regulated industries and described how his experiences founding and running a company focused on process improvement in the healthcare field has taught him lessons for the nuclear and power space. Trey also shared some thoughts about the future and where nuclear AI discussions could go more broadly as well as for future nuclear technologies.

    42 min
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Gener8 dives deep into the world of nuclear, power, and industrial heat and aims to bring concise, thoughtful, and in-depth discussions biweekly with expert guests. Gener8 is hosted by Veriten Director of Nuclear and Power Strategy, Brett Rampal and its COO, Jeff Tillery.

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  • Criado por
    Veriten
  • Anos de atividade
    2023 - 2026
  • Episódios
    5
  • Classificação
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    © 2026 Veriten
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    Gener8

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