Atomic Show #331 – Caleb Brooks, Kronos MMR Project lead for University of Illinois

19.5.2025

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The University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne (UIUC) is planning to build a uniquely capable micro reactor project on its campus. For decades, the university hosted a traditional research reactor that supported important research projects and provided operating experience. But, like the majority of university research reactors, it did not produce any useful heat or electricity. Kronos...

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Atomic Show #331 – Caleb Brooks, Kronos MMR Project lead for University of Illinois
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The University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne (UIUC) is planning to build a uniquely capable micro reactor project on its campus. For decades, the university hosted a traditional research reactor that supported important research projects and provided operating experience. But, like the majority of university research reactors, it did not produce any useful heat or electricity. Kronos...
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Atomic Show #331 – Caleb Brooks, Kronos MMR Project lead for University of Illinois

The Atomic Show

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Atomic Show #331 – Caleb Brooks, Kronos MMR Project lead for University of Illinois

Atomic Show #330 – Joe Klecha, CNO The Nuclear Company (TNC)

Atomic Show #329 – Dr. Kathryn Huff, former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy

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Atomic Show #327 – Rod Baltzer, CEO, Deep Isolation

Atomic Show #326 – Jigar Shah, former director of DOE Loan Programs Office

Atomic Show #325 – Marco Visscher – The Power of Nuclear

Atomic Show #324 – Jay Hakes, Author of Presidents and the Planet

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