Christine King speaks with Mark Hinaman about her diverse background in the nuclear industry, her time at EPRI and Nucleation Capital, and the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) at Idaho National Labs.
Oct 18, 2023•53 min
Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid, chats with Mark Hinaman about her journey in learning about the grid, demystifying it for herself, and writing a powerful book about it and some of its shortcomings. They discuss existing issues with electricity markets, the shortfalls of renewables, and the benefits of nuclear energy to the grid.
Oct 13, 2023•59 min
DJ LeClear chats with Mark Hinaman about his background and work as a radiation health physicist, the differences between radition dose, dosage, and units, the Linear No Threshold (LNT) hypothesis, and if modern radiation limits are appropriate.
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Dr. Adam Stein speaks with Mark Hinaman about Dr. Stein's background, his time at the Breakthrough Institute, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the current state of nuclear regulatory policy and how it can be improved to advance the industry more quickly.
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Suzie Jaworowski discusses her background in the oil and gas industry, the nuclear energy office at the Department of Energy, and her role in communications as an international energy consultant.
Oct 04, 2023•47 min
Vanessa and William chat with Mark Hinaman about their backgrounds in space technology as well as their new spacecraft which will taxi vessels in low earth orbit.
Sep 27, 2023•54 min
Jenifer Avellaneda, aka @NuclearHazelnut on X, discusses with Mark Hinaman her discover of nuclear while growing up in Mexico, working in Vienna for the IAEA, her role as a probablistic risk assessment engineer at Westinghouse, and nuclear advocacy through twitter and other forums.
Sep 12, 2023•45 min
Mike Umbro, an investment banker and oil-tycoon-turned-geothermal-entrepreneur, chats with Mark Hinaman about his project with Premier Resource Partners to build a long-term energy storage solution in existing oilfields in California.
Aug 30, 2023•52 min
Mike Conley chats with Mark Hinaman about his career as an author, his discovery of nuclear, and his new series of books he plans to publish beginning with Earth is a Nuclear Planet.
Aug 21, 2023•54 min
John Kotek discusses his background in nuclear engineering with Mark Hinaman as well as the Nuclear Energy Institute, energy policy, and the future of nuclear.
Aug 18, 2023•50 min
Robbie Stewart speaks with Mark Hinaman about his time at GE, studying at MIT, and his nuclear startup, Boston Atomics.
Aug 16, 2023•54 min
John Clark discusses his entrepreneur ventures in energy and how bringing nuclear to South Africa could solve the country's energy challenges.
Aug 14, 2023•52 min
Stephen Johnson, Director at Space Nuclear Power and Isotope Technologies Div. at Idaho National Laboratory, talks to Mark Hinaman about Idaho National Lab and some of the research they are working on.
Aug 11, 2023•33 min
Representative James Strickler and Representative Larry Scott discuss energy policies, politics, closing coal plants, uranium mining, enrichment, and spent fuel storage, and the energy transition - all in New Mexico.
Aug 07, 2023•54 min
Guerric de Crombrugghe, Founding Partner at Nuketech discusses with Mark Hinaman how venture capital is helping push the nuclear industry to new heights.
Aug 04, 2023•44 min
Mark Hinaman hosts an informal and open discussion with engineers, salesmen, and non-profit advocates in the oil and gas industry in Denver. This discussion was recorded as part of the Denver chapter of Young Professionals in Energy's Discussion on Energy and Networking (DEN Talks) program. It's meant to have 10 to 20 minutes of a presenter speaking on a topic and allow for 40 to 60 minutes of dialogue and debate to follow. Mark discusses nuclear energy and the opportunity costs associated with ...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Emmet Penney, Editor in Chief of Grid Brief and Host of Nuclear Barbarians, talks to Mark Hinaman about the future of nuclear and his work in advocating for the industry. Watch the full video on YouTube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Emmet Penney: Crom’s blessing. What is Crom’s blessing for the future one. The […]
Jul 31, 2023•53 min
Jeremy Shook chats with Mark Hinaman about the Electric Power Research Institute, their work in research, and how nuclear will play a role in the future.
Jul 26, 2023•39 min
Gene Balsmeier describes his varied and long career in nuclear energy, his time working at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), and nuclear's role moving forward in the energy industry.
Jul 17, 2023•54 min
Ray Beck chats with Mark Hinaman about his career as a lineman and a public servant in northwest Colorado, the Joint Organizations Leading Transition (JOLT) conference held on 6/2/2023, and the energy transition as coal plants close in Craig and Hayden Colorado.
Jul 14, 2023•49 min
Josh Payne, CEO of Black Mesa Advanced Fission chats with Mark Hinaman about his career working at the Department of Energy National Labs, X-Energy, and his startup building a new nuclear fission reactor. Watch the full episode on Youtube and find the full transcript on the Fire2Fission website.
Jul 12, 2023•54 min
Mike Keller chats with Mark Hinaman about Hybrid Power's design for an advanced power plant. Find the entire transcript on the Fire2Fission website.
Jul 10, 2023•37 min
Rishi Jain and Paul Murphey discuss their work at Cross River Infrastructure Partners, development projects in nuclear, and their project with ARC in New Brunswick.
Jul 07, 2023•50 min
Liz Muller chats with Mark Hinaman about Deep Isolation's strategy to utilize oil and gas technologies to develop storage systems for spent nuclear fuel.
Jul 06, 2023•47 min
Patrick White and Mark Hinaman chat about microreactors, the nuclear regulatory commission, and Patrick’s role at the Nuclear Innovation Alliance. Watch the full interview on Youtube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. 016 Patrick White, Project Manager at Nuclear Innovation Alliance [00:00:00] Patrick White: So the Nuclear Innovation Alliance comes up with a combination […]
Jun 30, 2023•54 min
Judi Greenwald describes her career in energy, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, and how we need to innovate on more than just technology. Watch the conversation on Youtube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Judi Greenwald: Yeah, for advanced reactors to succeed, we need technology innovation, which is, you know, a lot of what people assume […]
Jun 28, 2023•48 min
Isaac Orr and Mark Hinaman talk about the sand market in oil and gas, energy policy in America, coal phase outs and if they’re good for society, and how nuclear has a role to play moving forward. Watch the conversation on Youtube. Follow along with the transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Isaac Orr: Fun fictions dictate our actions […]
Jun 26, 2023•50 min
Rod Adams chats with Mark Hinaman about the existing and future nuclear industry, his time working as a Navy nuke and writer in the industry, and describes Nucleation Capital. Watch the conversation on Youtube. Follow along with the entire transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Rod Adams: So you can’t say, my only job is to make nuclear perfectly […]
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Ryan MacLeod discusses his day job as a nuclear lab technician and dives into crypto currency, crypto mining, and how nuclear can be used to benefit both. Listen to the entire episode on Youtube. Follow along with the entire transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Ryan MacLeod: I’m pretty sure the United Arab Emirates is mining Bitcoin with those […]
Jun 21, 2023•55 min
Gerrit and Mark chat about the history of nuclear energy in the United States and several fascinating utilizations of the technology. Watch the whole video on Youtube. Follow along with the entire transcript on Descript. [00:00:00] Gerrit Bruhaug: But one of the really fun things I found in reading up on the aircraft nuclear reactors was the […]
Jun 19, 2023•53 min