debugging code is frustrating
but debugging your own thinking is worse
because you don’t even know where the bug is
i’m working on both, or at least trying
one thing i didn’t expect:
as an engineering nerd who got fascinated with nuclear energy,
i thought i would be focused on the physics behind nuclear reactors and how the energy is created.
instead, i spend more time thinking about supply chains, financing, workforce shortages, permitting, and fuel.
it’s almost like civilization gets built everywhere except the PowerPoint.
i’m working on a financial modeling tool that seeks to take current SMR financing data and show that with the correct financing structure and policy instruments, on a LCOE (levelized cost of electricity basis) can be competitive with utility scale solar
currently working on this with python with a research paper tailored to aerospace propulsion application (aerospace engineering major)
long ways ahead, but this is my current “fun” free time project because i wanted to catch up with the nuclear energy world
throwback to my senior year electrical engineering class project.
been a few years, but nuclear has always been the future
this is josh allen and jesus co-signed
manifesting my future
what nuclear power generation company will have the fortune to let me intern in the future.
if only they knew how many hours i spent researching policy financing structure for free 😭
why are some engineering students so terrified of AI? it makes your life easier, so you can focus on the important parts:
building and human relationships
why is it the case that whenever people run marathons they have to tell everyone?
btw; running my first half this upcoming november in Philly
if there are any other runners participating that are into AI, robotics, and nuclear energy let me know
At Oklo, our isotope work is personal.
Some members of our team have spent decades advancing the technology that shows up in critical moments, from disease diagnosis and cancer care to space exploration.
That dedication shows up in how Oklo is built, and shapes how we think about deployment, bringing power, fuel, and isotopes together into a single platform designed to deliver more from nuclear technology.
Watch here: https://t.co/6wEIKRlBf9
AI needs data centers.
data centers need electricity.
electricity needs generation, transmission, financing, fuel, and supply chains.
what started as curiosity about nuclear has slowly turned into curiosity about how civilization actually gets built.
@alfondotnet@benln@RevenueCat I’ll take a sales role as a first job for half the salary, drop out of school, ans prove i’m worth the full salary even without experience within a year
CHIPS policy is also energy policy.
the Semiconductor Industry Association projects U.S. semiconductor manufacturing capacity will grow 203% from 2022 to 2032.
TSMC’s Arizona investment has expanded to $165B.
compute and electricity are one in the same industry
source:
https://t.co/onNxL7bG1c
https://t.co/2KEKFmfw2o
Work on our second reactor has already begun.
This is for Project Ascension, the 10 MWe commercial-scale system that will produce electricity and power an on-site data center in the coming months.
Right next to our first reactor, which will go critical very soon!
We've learned a lot in these two projects, things that will help optimize our final commercial Aalo Pod design to be more affordable and mass manufacturable.
Note we'll continue to use the first reactor for various tests in the coming years.