Lenka Kollar

Nuclear energy, fusion, walkability, and nature | @helixosco co-founder | @LifeAtPurdue nuclear engineer | @INSEAD MBA | Slovak-American in Australia

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

Data centers have a NIMBY problem driven by rising electricity prices and the fear of #AI. Can #nuclear and/or #fusion energy help solve that problem?

https://t.co/FWGUVwqVoN

[Erik Townsend 🛢️ @ErikSTownsend]

History is being made in Idaho, and the importance of 4 new FOAK nuclear reactors being started in one month's time after 53 years of zero progress on new designs cannot be overstated.

All four are important historic milestones in humanity's pursuit of safe, clean, abundant energy. But IMHO, @AaloAtomics has accomplished the most. Their vision for factory mass-production of entire nuclear powerplants is exactly what Planet Earth needs.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

@MattLoszak @quakes99 Chills

[Helixos @helixosco]

On the Fusion Forward podcast, Sam Wurzel explains how decades of incremental progress are now becoming visible and that this momentum is drawing a new generation of scientists, engineers, and founders into fusion.

Search for Fusion Forward wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

The updates just keep coming today! So cool

[Valar Atomics @valaratomics]

Today, Valar Atomics became the first nuclear startup to make electricity, and we did it by powering an NVIDIA Spark.

This is the first meeting of advanced nuclear and AI; two technologies which will transform the next century.

But that’s only the start of our collaboration.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

We could have Australian-designed microreactors in Australia! Congrats to the whole Deployable Energy team on this amazing achievement.

[Deployable Energy @DeployableE]

Today marks a defining milestone for Deployable Energy.

We are proud to announce that our Unity demonstration reactor has successfully achieved criticality. This is a historic moment that makes Deployable Energy the third private company to reach criticality 🎉

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

@SenRaffCiccone @nuclearforaus @ShackelWill Glad you’re talking about the latest in nuclear energy technology. The ban in Australia is outdated.

[Fusion Industry Association @Fusion_Industry]

Today - live from the first Fusion Supply Chain Trade Show - we're launching the 2026 Fusion Industry Supply Chain Report.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

It's here! The national fusion energy roadmap.

[U.S. Department of Energy @ENERGY]

https://t.co/Cv8YykYww8

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

@oskaenergy14 @altcap @theallinpod The UAE also has a completely different paradigm for centralized government decision making on large infrastructure projects that reduces friction.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

Nuclear developers can partner with data centers on more than just providing energy. How about helping with community buy-in?

As @altcap says on @theallinpod, data centers have a NIMBY problem and it feels like deja vu for those of us in nuclear.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

Nuclear developers that understand these issues and how to effectively engage stakeholders and communities to result in successful projects, could make the ideal partners for data center developers struggling with both energy supply and community push back.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

Therefore, we need to rethink how benefits are structured and communicated. Local communities are more likely to engage constructively when they see a clear and direct connection between a project and their own economic and social outcomes.

[Tim De Chant @tdechant]

Could the IPO window for climate tech startups finally be opening? It might be, but only for startups focusing on a specific industry. (I'll let you guess which one that is.) https://t.co/RLehB5jc5S

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

@WSJ My favorite change that’s kept me on @united is no change fees, essential for business travel. But if you really want to keep customers, honor maternity leave. I lost my 1K because I decided to have a baby and not travel for work for a bit.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

Another great nuclear company everyone can invest in now $XE

[X-energy @xenergynuclear]

Today, X-energy becomes a publicly listed company on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, a milestone bringing us another step closer to delivering on our mission to provide clean, reliable energy solutions at scale.

With our IPO, we celebrate the industry-leading progress we’ve made to commercialize SMR technologies and look forward to what we’ll achieve as a public company. Together, with our partners and investors, X-energy is unlocking an abundant, reliable energy future.

[Lenka Kollar @LenkaKollar]

I was there in 2009 trying to find a job during the first “nuclear renaissance” which didn’t amount to much. It wasn’t the financial crisis, it wasn’t environmentalists, it was cheap gas.

[Craig Lawrence @clawrence]

Natural gas ultimately killed nuclear in the US, not renewables or environmental activists. Gas provides cheaper baseload power and the supply of fuel is plentiful in the US.