Why This Startup Wants to Bury Nuclear Reactors a Mile Underground
A new startup thinks an underground reactor could solve nuclear power’s biggest problems.
ZME Science
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Burying a nuclear power plant 1 mile deep: this ambitious American project
An American company is proposing an innovative solution: a nuclear reactor buried 1 mile (1.6 kilometer) beneath the earth's surface.
Techno-Science
A Q+A with Liz Muller, CEO of Deep Fission
Serial entrepreneur Liz Muller has a new vision for the nuclear energy sector: putting SMRs deep underground.
Ignition
US company designs ‘groundbreaking’ subterranean power station with revolutionary nuclear technology: ‘We’ve innovated beyond other reactor designs’
Scientists are working hard to figure out how to produce nuclear energy safely, cheaply, and efficiently.
The Cool Down
Deep Fission unveils underground reactor concept
California-based nuclear startup company Deep Fission, which is proposing to place microreactors deep underground, announced its emergence from stealth mode and a USD4 million pre-seed investment round.
World Nuclear News
Funding secured for underground microreactor
US-based nuclear start-up Deep Fission has announced its emergence from stealth mode and a $4m pre-seed financing round, led by 8VC.
Nuclear Engineering International
Startup raises $4m to build nuclear reactors a mile underground
Elsewhere, could novel limestone pellets be "coal without the consequences"?
Data Centre Dynamics
Deep Fission Raises $4M in Funding
Deep Fission, a Berkeley, CA-based nuclear energy company, raised $4M in funding.
Finsmes
Exclusive: $4 million for Deep Fission’s underground nuclear reactors
Deep Fission raised $4M in funding for underground nuclear reactors.
Axios