Alpha Nur

We’re so grateful to the DOE Office of Technology Transitions for featuring Alpha Nur in their Tech Transfer Success Stories! From winning the EnergyTech University Nuclear Tech Bonus Prize to our current acceleration through the amazing team at Cradle to Commerce, #OTT has truly propelled our commercialization journey, and we couldn’t be more thankful for the support and collaboration from the DOE and national labs. Stay tuned as Alpha Nur continues our CRADA with Idaho National Laboratory through Q2 on our journey to fuel American #EnergySecurity! #FullCircleFission #NextGenNuclear

Last Friday Alpha Nur participated in the Cradle to Commerce Summit held at Lawrence Berkeley Lab alongside 7 other startups in Cohort 1 of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), latest and greatest accelerator. It was so rewarding to pitch our nuclear fuel recycling solution and progress to-date within our CRADA with Idaho National Laboratory! A huge thank you to Berkeley Lab‘s tireless program runners Reshma Singh, Shanshan Li, and Ingrid Xhafa; C2C’s Nuclear Pillar heads at Idaho National Laboratory, Lori Braase and Denise Bertsch, for their steadfast guidance and support with Alpha Nur’s CRADA; Decisive Point’s Jacqueline Blackburn, Shannon Badnin and Ryan Benitez as well as Noah Penders for their biweekly business development one-on-ones; and The Engine’s Benjamin Downing for his government engagement mapping. And finally I want to thank everyone behind the scenes at #INL and DOE Office of Technology Transitions for their ongoing dedication to accelerate our tech readiness and supercharge America’s best cleantech, #nuclearpower.

Today's Deep Tech Ventures Summit was a great success. We saw nearly 300 attendees at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business' Gleacher Center. The day was packed with pitches, panel discussions, and keynote remarks from Sheila Ann Mikhail and Satyajeet Salgar. Thanks to our sponsors Amazon Web Services (AWS), Caruso Ventures, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., True Blue Partners , Cooley LLP, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, and J.P. Morgan.

Did you know only 3% of nuclear fuel is actually used? Despite being our cleanest energy source, the future of nuclear power is faced with two challenges: waste management and fuel supply chain. The Department of Energy interviewed our 776 Foundation Climate Fellow Kevin O'Sullivan on how Alpha Nur is working with Idaho National Laboratory to make advanced nuclear fuels from high value nuclear fuel "waste". Together, Alpha Nur and INL are building the technology to fuel tomorrow's cleanest power source with 40% fewer carbon emissions ??, reshore nuclear fuel supply from Russia ???? , and reduce targeted waste by 97% ??. #FullCircleFission

Check out the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s spotlight on Alpha Nur, one of six companies in Resurgence, a cleantech accelerator powered by Deep Tech Ventures. Founded in 2021 by then University of Chicago seniors Kevin O’Sullivan and Mason Rodriguez Rand, Alpha Nur is working to create a sustainable nuclear fuel recycling process. Read more ??

At the offset of our CRADA with Idaho National Laboratory, Founder/CEO Kevin O’Sullivan sat down for a Q&A with the DOE Office of Technology Transitions to discuss some of our milestones and roadmap as part of our participation in Cradle to Commerce & #EnergyTechUP. Together, Alpha Nur and INL are evaluating the tech and economic feasibility of recycling high value nuclear fuels currently stored at the INL site to significantly impact waste management and mitigate adversary influence on American energy security. Thank you to OTT staff for the opportunity to discuss our work and paving the way to #NetZero! #FullCircleFission #HALEU #NationalSecurity #NuclearFuelRecycling #Climate