#18: Deployable Energy at Idaho National Lab | Inside the Sprint to Criticality with Bobby Gallagher

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.

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