Enriching uranium in America to fill the nuclear fuel gap. Exceptional talent needed.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted our first license application for review.
A new summit for a new generation of nuclear.
Join us in Southern California next year.
We have big news. We’re partnering with @generalmatter to co-host Generation National Nuclear Summit!
Join us on January 20 and 21 in Southern California.
America needs clean, American-made energy that can bring costs down and end our reliance on foreign imports. That means a new generation of nuclear. We're bringing together the founders, builders, investors, regulators, and policymakers who will make it happen.
And we’re excited to announce that Chairman of the @NRCgov Ho K. Nieh and former U.S. Secretary of State @JohnKerry will be speaking at the summit!
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When an industry has high margins yet stagnates for decades, there are almost always A) very high barriers to entry and B) ways for startups to surpass incumbents via good, modern engineering.
SpaceX, Tesla, Anduril and others broke into these types of guarded industries. The beginnings are hard, but the opportunity expands with forward progress.
Nuclear will be the next industry to go through this transformation and live up to its potential.
Thanks @collision for having me on!
General Matter CEO @ScottNolan joined me to break down why enriched uranium is the bottleneck for nuclear power. We get into why US nuclear fuel comes from Russia; their enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky; applying the SpaceX playbook to heavy industry; and the reasons nuclear became expensive.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:41 America’s missing nuclear fuel
00:05:27 Why small reactors need stronger fuel
00:11:42 Can nuclear power the AI buildout?
00:15:25 Why nuclear became so expensive
00:22:24 The startups reinventing nuclear
00:25:31 General Matter’s race to 2030
00:29:44 Stripe Press’ new books
00:30:22 The SpaceX playbook applied to nuclear
00:35:18 Uranium enrichment, explained
00:45:53 How small startups beat stagnant incumbents
The hard thing is not simply doing enrichment.
It's doing enrichment in a way that can be scalable and highly cost competitive.
General Matter CEO @ScottNolan joined me to break down why enriched uranium is the bottleneck for nuclear power. We get into why US nuclear fuel comes from Russia; their enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky; applying the SpaceX playbook to heavy industry; and the reasons nuclear became expensive.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:41 America’s missing nuclear fuel
00:05:27 Why small reactors need stronger fuel
00:11:42 Can nuclear power the AI buildout?
00:15:25 Why nuclear became so expensive
00:22:24 The startups reinventing nuclear
00:25:31 General Matter’s race to 2030
00:29:44 Stripe Press’ new books
00:30:22 The SpaceX playbook applied to nuclear
00:35:18 Uranium enrichment, explained
00:45:53 How small startups beat stagnant incumbents
General Matter retweeted
General Matter CEO @ScottNolan joined me to break down why enriched uranium is the bottleneck for nuclear power. We get into why US nuclear fuel comes from Russia; their enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky; applying the SpaceX playbook to heavy industry; and the reasons nuclear became expensive.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:41 America’s missing nuclear fuel
00:05:27 Why small reactors need stronger fuel
00:11:42 Can nuclear power the AI buildout?
00:15:25 Why nuclear became so expensive
00:22:24 The startups reinventing nuclear
00:25:31 General Matter’s race to 2030
00:29:44 Stripe Press’ new books
00:30:22 The SpaceX playbook applied to nuclear
00:35:18 Uranium enrichment, explained
00:45:53 How small startups beat stagnant incumbents
General Matter retweeted
Tomorrow on Cheeky Pint: @ScottNolan of uranium-enrichment startup @generalmatter
Acceptance marks the beginning of our formal license application review, a major milestone on our mission of fueling American power.
Exceptional talent is needed. Join us: generalmatter.com/careers
✅ We’ve accepted for review General Matter’s application to build and operate a
uranium enrichment facility in Kentucky, a step toward reducing reliance on
foreign enrichment. Our review is underway to ensure it meets all requirements.
nrc.gov/docs/ML2630/ML26300A…
To fuel our ambitions, America is about to need a lot more energy.
Energy demand in the US is skyrocketing, and nuclear is an obvious answer.
But we depend on foreign powers for enriched uranium.
So @generalmatter is bringing uranium enrichment back to the US.
Feeling lucky to get to tell an important and cool story in a sponsored video…
Over the last 70 years, America has spent an immense amount of time, labor, and money on making nuclear safe. paducahsun.com/news/general-…
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If we can bring enrichment back to America, we’ll be less reliant on other countries for our energy needs.
We’ll play our part in contributing to the nuclear renaissance. And with an abundance of clean, cheap, reliable baseload power, we’ll help bring electricity costs down. politico.com/newsletters/dig…
"History has shown that there's a lot of value in building something simple that works and can be made at low cost per unit of output." politico.com/newsletters/dig…
Our first license application is the product of years of engineering and safety work –– and more than 100 engagements with NRC staff.
@generalmatter delivered its application to build a uranium enrichment facility, advancing next gen nuclear fuel production and strengthening America’s nuclear energy supply chain. The NRC will thoroughly review the application to ensure it meets all requirements.
We view the community as the biggest stakeholder in our project. wpsdlocal6.com/news/general-…
Enrichment is coming home, and now even sooner.
@ENERGY has selected General Matter for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a program that expands DOE authorization to the fuel supply chain and other nuclear technologies. inl.gov/news-release/nationa…
