Episode Mentions
Shift Key with Robinson Meyer · Apr 23, 2026
Everything We Didn't Know About the World’s Buzziest Geothermal Startup
“Advanced nuclear company receiving strategic investment from Google, comparable to Fervo's tech company funding model”
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) technology and hydraulic fracturing applicationsFervo Energy S1 filing and IPO valuationAdvanced geothermal cost reduction trajectories and learning curves
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MIT Technology Review Narrated · Feb 11, 2026
How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint
“Company that received regulatory approval to build Hermes II, a small demonstration reactor expected to operate by 2030 in the US”
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALU)TRISO Fuel Technology
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Catalyst with Shayle Kann · Feb 5, 2026
The path to market for new nuclear reactors
“Test reactor company that received construction permits in 2023-2024 and is seeing rapid NRC progress on final safety evaluations”
NRC Licensing Pathways (Part 50, Part 52, Part 53)Design Certification vs. Construction Permit vs. Operating LicensePre-Application Engagement with NRC
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