Small Reactors, Huge Potential: The Future of Nuclear Power | Doug Bernauer

Entrepreneur, rocket engineer, and nuclear expert Doug Bernauer joined Rep. Crenshaw to discuss the future of portable nuclear energy, colonies on Mars, and the bureaucratic inertia standing in their way. A fascinating conversation with lots of insights into the science and the regulatory environment of space exploration and nuclear power.

Doug Bernauer is the CEO of Radiant Nuclear, a startup developing mass produced portable nuclear reactors. Before that, Doug spent 12 years working on a variety of research and development projects for SpaceX. Follow him on X at @DougBernauer.

•    Learning from SpaceX’s culture of innovation

•    Overcoming the physical limitations of living on Mars

•    Nuclear-powered rockets

•    Small modular reactors and micro-reactors

•    Bringing nuclear power to overseas military bases

•    Risk analysis of nuclear power

•    Uranium Fuel 101

•    What stalled the 1960s nuclear power boom?

•    Regulatory reforms to kickstart nuclear again

•    Bringing the SpaceX model to nuclear

•    Deploying clean, cheap energy to remote regions

•    A Russian nuclear power station on the moon?