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From SpaceX Launch Pads to Nuclear Power Plants: Ben Kellie’s Mission to Make Clean Energy Affordable

From SpaceX Launch Pads to Nuclear Power Plants: Ben Kellie’s Mission to Make Clean Energy Affordable

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What if the nuclear industry's biggest problem has nothing to do with the reactor itself? And what happens when a SpaceX veteran decides he's the one to fix it? What you’ll discover today… (00:00) From a bush pilot in Alaska to building SpaceX launch pads to reshaping nuclear infrastructure. (06:10) Understanding the market and customer-driven innovation. (08:45) A bold new approach to nuclear energy innovation. (12:05) Financing future growth and sustainability: Flexible models for growth. (15:00) The reality and challenges of starting a start-up. (18:00) Lessons from a sabbatical and the importance of reflection. (22:30) The importance of patience in startups. (25:00) Building customer trust in a skeptical market- winning over early adopters. (28:00) Navigating regulatory challenges early (29:25) The learning curve of transitioning from aerospace to nuclear (30:20) Balancing innovation with industry responsibility (33:30) How to build trust with investors (36:00) How to deal with doubts, fears, and keeping the momentum going in a startup. (37:20) The impact of fatherhood on leadership and managing stress as a founder (40:25) Applied Atomics’ vision of the future More about the episode Ben Kellie is not a nuclear scientist. He’s an infrastructure builder. He spent years at SpaceX leading the launch pad construction at Vandenberg and running the landing barge programme day to day — learning what it actually takes to push complex, high-stakes infrastructure into the world. When he left to found The Launch Company, he bootstrapped it, served every major venture-backed rocket company, and exited on his own terms. Then he took two years off to think. What he found, after long walks and deep dives into advanced fuels, carbon sequestration and the future of industry, was a single blocker: the lack of affordable, firm, zero-emission baseload power. That insight became Applied Atomics — a company now just 13 months old, with a reactor licence in hand, a plant design at 60%, a digital twin running real-time plant physics from a Pelican case, and signed customer letters of intent. Applied Atomics is not waiting to perfect the reactor. It is vertically integrating well-understood, high-heritage nuclear technology with new control systems and a supply chain built for actual deployment. If you are a founder, investor, or operator in hard tech, energy, or infrastructure, this episode is a blueprint for how to move fast without losing discipline — and why the most powerful innovation is sometimes a better process, not a better reactor. Connect with us Peng-Sang Cau LinkedIn Website Ben Kellie LinkedIn Website
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