Atomic Show #148 – Hyperion Power Module Update with VP of Engineering and Chief of Staff

ByRod Adams

I spoke yesterday evening with Forrest Rudin and TJ Trapp of Hyperion Power Generation. TJ is Hyperion’s Vice President of Engineering, Forrest is the Chief of Staff. You can listen to our conversation at Atomic Show #148 – Hyperion Power Module Update.

We were able to delve into some significant detail about the current state of the system design including the coolant choice, the fuel material, the reactivity control system, and the steam plant conditions. We also talked a bit about the licensing strategy, some potential customer applications, and the reasons why the company believes that a far smaller atomic energy system (25 MWe vice the “standard” 1,000+ MWe) can serve the needs of a large and diverse customer population. We even discussed the applicability of the HPM to commercial nuclear ship propulsion.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

One Comment

  1. Excellent Atomic Show. The HPM v 2.0 is very impressive. Especially impressive is how the safety and transportation is taken care of – that is seamlessly elegant engineering… Nice that the HPM will be able to generate superheated, if not supercritical steam, and then there’s always the supercritical CO2 option…
    I’ll have to cite this in the Hyperion article at Wikipedia. It would be nice if there were some drawings to work from, I could even do an illustration.
    Great job, Rod!

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