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Modular Fusion Power Reactors | Brian Riordan - Co-founder & COO of Avalanche Energy

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Avalanche Energy is developing modular fusion micro-reactors to create scaleable carbon-free power.

Brian Riordan is co-founder and COO of Avalanche. Before launching Avalanche Energy in 2018, Brian was a leader in the  aerospace industry as a lead launch System architect at Blue Origin. Before his time at Blue Origin, Brian focused his work on subsea mining.

In this episode we cover...

  • The differences between fission and fusion
  • Recent fusion progress
  • What makes Avalanche's approach to fusion different
  • How Brian addresses skeptics of fusion
  • How Avalanche is managing their fundraising
  • What Avalanche is currently working on
  • What Brian has learned since founding Avalanche
  • Brian, the spider-eater

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    Episode recorded on October 17, 2023


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