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⚡⚛⚡ We are watching the Nuclear Energy Renaissance unfold before our eyes. Today marks a historic day for 8090 Industries portfolio company Oklo Inc led by Jacob DeWitte and Caroline Cochran and a giant leap forward for the race towards energy abundance powered by nuclear. Oklo Inc officially announces its landmark agreement to power America’s most critical infrastructure: the US military, cementing its standing as the clear category leading company in the race towards energy abundance. The Defense Logistics Agency, on behalf of the United States Air Force and the United States Department of Defense, has selected Oklo Inc as the pending contractor awardee to site a micro-reactor at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska to provide clean, reliable power to the facility. This is a first for the US Department of Defense and will make Eielson Air Force Base the first US military installation ever to receive clean, resilient electricity and steam from a microreactor under a power purchase agreement worth hundreds of millions of dollars. At 8090 Industries, we back the next generation of industrialists, and this announcement merely reinforces what we always knew, that Jacob DeWitte and Caroline Cochran are the Rockefellers of the new age of nuclear power. The dawn for abundant nuclear energy is here and its growth is just beginning. The United States Air Force will be sharing the announcement this morning in Fairbanks. cc Kerem Ozmen Charles Oppenheimer Wes Mendenhall Filip Vurdelja Haluk Sabanci Dincer David Deak Grant Brown, MBA Emma Hessler Ishan Meswani Garuth A. Fatimah Bello #decarbonization #nuclear

Nuclear reactors, both civilian and U.S. naval, have an exceptional safety record and are reliable sources of energy. This is due to strict regulations and safety protocols overseen by organizations such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered ships and submarines further validate the effectiveness of these safety measures and the expertise of the nuclear industry. A key aspect of the 21st Century American Atomic Energy Age Act is its focus on modernizing the NRC. This modernization process is designed to expedite the development and approval of advanced nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors, which offer tremendous potential for energy resilience.

The U.S. Army is looking to leverage the recent advancements in nuclear technology to shore up the energy resilience of its bases. As such, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the U.S. Army are now accepting proposals to prototype on-site microreactor nuclear power plants at military installations. The Army, through the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations program, aims to deploy the technology to ensure its bases have the energy resilience needed to maintain operational readiness at all times. Not only could the technology ensure military mission continuity, it could also help the Army achieve its goal of 99.9% reliable energy by 2030. The Army intends to deploy the prototype microreactor nuclear power plant at an installation in the continental U.S. by 2030. If successful, the technology could be used at bases around the globe. The Army is largely reliant on off-site providers to deliver the electricity its installations need to support critical missions around the world. Recognizing that this dependence on outside sources could put operations at risk during severe weather, cyberattacks or other outage-inducing events, the Army is investing in multiple types of on-site energy resilience technologies to ensure mission readiness. Among those solutions are a growing number of microgrids. In 2022, the Army announced it would build microgrids at each of its 130 bases worldwide by 2035. At U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Cavazos in Texas, for example, the Army has installed a microgrid to power critical services and infrastructure during outages and to reduce energy costs during ERCOT peak demand periods. Fort Campbell in Kentucky, broke ground last year on a natural gas powered microgrid that will allow the base to maintain 100% mission capability for up to two weeks in the event of a grid failure. To save energy & cost for your business, contact me at https://buff.ly/2EjAMbu. #Reliability #EnergyStorage #EnergyEfficiency #Renewables #EnergyAudit #Procurement #Resilience https://buff.ly/4bdYf9Z

Trident Missiles that can be tested because of proper Asset Management Planning would be a great start ! So long as people are held in posts for short periods (within x number of years) there is no appetite from those above to have any long term strategic asset management plans based on risk and criticality. Short Termism and firefighting will always be the predominant strategy.

I can’t begin to explain how important investment into our nuclear infrastructure is. Both defence and civil. It is clear that nuclear is going to power the core of our defence of the realm but also provide the base load of our power as we transition away from fossil fuels. There is a profound lack of SQEP and knowledge about how fundamental nuclear is within the U.K. and hopefully this investment goes some way to showing our national commitment. Whichever government that gains a majority in the next election must continue and expand of this effort.

Senior defense leaders delivered strong messages on June 26 on the future of nuclear power to meet DOD energy resilience and sustainment goals at the Nuclear Energy Security Summit, “Securing the Future of Nuclear Energy in a Contested Environment.” The Air Force’s Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nancy J Balkus, and Navy DASN Michael McGhee, SES, PE, SCO’s Project Pele lead Jeff Waksman, and the Army’s Annie Kammerer. Chief, Nuclear Power Branch at the Office of the Chief of Engineers. KEY UPDATES – In future conflict with peer adversaries marked by the threat of cyber attacks, a contested logistics and energy environment starts here in the Homeland at our military bases. The Air Force is “all in” on nuclear power projects including and beyond the Alaska demonstration project. The Navy will be issuing a Request for Information targeted around October 2024, seeking creative concepts to explore siting privately-owned, NRC-licensed nuclear reactors at Navy and USMC installation to supply military and community power needs. The Army ‘s offering with the DOD Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) resulted in an overwhelmingly positive response from over 40 vendors. Project Pele for the development of a portable, modular reactor is progressing well with full congressional support. Each Service wants to partner with nuclear reactor developers and utilities to deliver reliable power for critical national security missions. Overall – excellent news from DOD coming during the UCAN power event! Please share with your nuclear network Brian McCormack Jim Howe Jeffrey "Jeff" C. Crater L. David Cherington Kimberly VanWyhe Ted J. Garrish Michael Kappaz Dominique Cooper Jason Craig Julia Irizarry Richard G Kidd IV Grace Stanke Andrew Richards Christopher Ploch, Esq. Jess Gehin Ashley Sadorra Lindsay Mackinson Ben Kalish Peter Hooper, PE Lee Robinson Mohammed Badal Jacob Wood #nuclear #advancednuclearpower #nuclearenergy #nuclearpower #cleanenergy #renewables #renewableenergy #Advancednuclearreactor #environment #UCANpower #energy #power 

Consider this. The US Navy has been using small nuclear reactors to power submarines since 1954, so why has it taken so long to get SMR technology implemented in the power industry? We've accepted the risk of nuclear reactors literally floating around in the world's oceans at risk of being blown up by enemies for 70 years, yet the percieved risk associated with stationary, fully contained, highly regulated nuclear power generation is too great? As the late great Danny Kahneman said "People are quite reasonable, but they are not logical." 🤣 Naval Nuclear Reactor History: https://lnkd.in/gQWBG_9i

An honor to moderate an outstanding discussion with the Military Service leads on plans/opportunities/partnerships for the nuclear reactor industry to offer DOD capabilities for clean, resilient, reliable, and secure power for critical national missions on military bases. All 3 services are underway or wanting to engage with the reactor developers. With the commercial power grid at risk nationally from physical and cyber attacks, including China’s #volttyphoon, UCAN Power - United Coalition for Advanced Nuclear Power will continue to support DOD in their quest. Brian McCormack Jim Howe Jeffrey "Jeff" C. Crater L. David Cherington Kimberly VanWyhe Ted J. Garrish Michael Kappaz Dominique Cooper Jason Craig Richard G Kidd IV Grace Stanke Andrew Richards Christopher Ploch, Esq. Jess Gehin Michael B. R. Smith Steve Mitnick #nuclear #advancednuclearpower #nuclearenergy #nuclearpower #cleanenergy #renewables #renewableenergy #Advancednuclearreactor #environment #UCANpower #energy #power https://lnkd.in/e9MVbu9b

“Lloyd's Register shows about 200 nuclear reactors at sea, and that some 700 have been used at sea since the 1950s. Other sources quote 108 reactors in US naval vessels in mid-2019. More than 14,000 reactor years of nuclear marine operation have been accumulated, Russia claims 7000 of these, and the US Navy has 6200 rector-years to 2021, with 526 reactors.” With Australia’s remote markets nuclear shipping would be the cleanest healthiest and most cost effective method for transporting our mineral and primary products and for our imports. Currently we use imported diesel with only one weeks supply on hand and requiring expensive and time consumption costs.

67 years after the U.S. Navy launched the first and only submarine with a liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor, (versus water cooled) the company TerraPower is building the first commercial nuclear power plant using the same cooling technology. (See the preceding post about TerraPower and Bill Gates efforts to revitalize the nuclear power industry in the U.S.) "If the atomic powered USS Nautilus (SSN 571) revolutionized submarine warfare, then the follow-on USS Seawolf (SSN 575) was intended to revolutionize nuclear propulsion. To achieve greater efficacy and power density, the Navy built Seawolf with a liquid metal (sodium) cooled nuclear reactor." https://lnkd.in/gYmmkNhY.