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The Atomic Show #095 – A. Nichole Ellis, mom, entrepreneur, nuclear criticality safety engineer

May 22, 2008 By Rod Adams

Nichole Ellis is a 30-something owner of an LLC that performs nuclear criticality safety computations from a home office. We spoke about the nuclear industry as a career choice.

I met Nichole Ellis last fall when she was the leader of a well run conference for young nuclear professionals. As a 30-something engineer who started her nuclear career in the early 1990s, she is something of a rarity – when she entered the field there were not too many people in the US choosing to major in nuclear engineering and planning to make a career in the field.

We spoke about the kinds of people she has worked with over the years, how she became a qualified nuclear criticality safety engineer, how she has made career choices to allow her to balance work and family responsibilities, and how her particular branch of the nuclear profession works to mentor and train its up and coming members.

One of the reasons that I am so excited by the prospects for new growth in the industry is that there are people like Nichole who are ready, willing and able to take on the responsibilities that the technology demands.

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Filed Under: Atomic Entrepreneurs, Podcast Tagged With: career development, nuclear criticality safety, nuclear entrepreneur

About 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.

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