In this episode of the Nuclear Investing Podcast, host Brennan Moore interviews Bobby Gallagher, co-founder and CEO of Deployable Energy, about their innovative 1 MW, air-cooled mass-manufactured micro-reactor. Gallagher details how the company delivered a test reactor to Idaho National Lab in just 94 days through a strategic partnership with INL, and was recently selected for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad program. Focusing on a product-over-project approach based in Houston, Deployable aims to build one thousand units annually. The interview covers high-impact applications in maritime transport, remote island grids like Fiji, and industrial sectors, alongside the streamlined six-month NRC Part 57 licensing pathway.

Host Brennan Moore interviews Sam Reiss of the National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Lab regarding "the DOME" testing facility. Reiss outlines how NRIC's full cost-recovery model structurally de-risks advanced nuclear microreactors operationally, financially, and chronologically for commercial developers. Highlighting Radiant as the flagship facility's first upcoming developer, the discussion details the rigorous, bounded 20-megawatt safety criteria and supporting infrastructure ecosystem. Finally, a tour of an analog control room contrasts early passive safety stress-testing with modern, error-reducing digital interfaces.

Host Brennan Moore sits down with Dan Wachs, National Technical Director for the Advanced Fuels Campaign at Idaho National Lab, to explore the changing landscape of nuclear energy. Wachs details the industry's evolution from the "dark ages" of the 1990s to today's commercial renaissance driven by high-quality power demands. The conversation highlights critical supply chain bottlenecks in uranium conversion and enrichment, the development of robust TRISO and metallic fuels, and the game-changing economic potential of fuel reprocessing. Ultimately, Wachs underscores that scaling advanced reactors requires stabilizing domestic fuel cycles to secure long-term energy independence.