Whether you are curious or a total energy nerd, this is the perfect chance to learn, and challenge your view: come ready to discover if nuclear energy really is the eco-friendly solution we’ve been hearing about! Bring your questions.
Tuesday / August 25 / 7 pm – Old Stove Brewing Co. 1550 NW 49th St. Come early for great food and drinks – all ages allowed!
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Join Friends of Fission Northwest for a conversation with Washington lawmakers who have championed pro-nuclear bills in the state. We’ll dig into the political landscape and what it means for the state’s energy future.
Bickersons Brewhouse in Ballard Wednesday July 2 7pm
1514 Leary Way NW, Seattle
Join us for a fun and interesting night on the patio at Bickersons
Nuclear energy is suddenly being talked about everywhere. Come learn :
Scott Montgomery is an author (Seeing The Light-The Case for Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century), geologist, and a faculty member in the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
Canon Bryan is a founder and former C-Suite member of Terrestrial Energy (SMR-IMSR), has a passion for advancing clean, reliable and cost-competitive energy that addresses global challenges of energy justice and climate change.
Bring your questions!
All Ages Welcome!
Support the High School Students at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences who formed the Nuclear Energy Society and are putting on this Symposium:
May 17th, 2025
10:30am
@ Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences In the Theater at 1106 12th Ave.
“The Nuclear Energy Society’s Symposium represents the culmination of our effort to equip the public with a clear and nuanced understanding of nuclear energy. Open to anyone who wants to come, the Symposium will bring scientists, engineers, industry leaders, and industry partners together to discuss climate issues, and nuclear solutions. Panels will be created by the Nuclear Energy Society team, and all questions will be student generated. Students will work hard to provide a live stream, publish recordings, and write articles following the Symposium.”
Symposium Schedule
10:45 – 11:05 am: Nuclear 101: Presented by Nuclear Energy Society (Theater)
11:15 – 12 noon : Keynote : The Future of Nuclear
12:00 – 1:00 pm Networking Hour
Panel Speakers
Jessica Uhl, President, GE Vernova
She leads the work of the company which is home to GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor program. She is advancing nuclear as a cornerstone of a net-zero grid. A former CFO of Shell (2016-2022) she combines top-tier financial expertise with hands-on clean-tech execution – insight critical to scaling next generation nuclear power.
Uhh’s governance work spans the boards of RMI and Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, alongside previously sitting on the boards of Goldman Sachs and GE.
Christopher Levesque
President & Chief Executive Officer, TerraPower LLC
He oversees the Natrium advanced reactor demonstration and the company’s medical – isotope venture.
An MIT-trained mechanical engineer with more than 30 years in nuclear energy, he earlier led new-build reactor projects at Westinghouse and AREVA and began his career as a U.S. Navy submarine officer. Levesque serves on the Board of the Nuclear Energy Institute.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 6:30pm PST Free
Ada’s Technical Books and Cafe 425 15th Ave. E Seattle
Nuclear energy is suddenly being talked about everywhere. Why is this happening? Come learn about the new SMRs, big tech involvement, energy independence/security and global developments. There will be lots of time for questions.
Scott Montgomery is an author, geologist, and a faculty member in the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. He lectures on a wide variety of topics related to energy (nuclear power, geopolitics, resources, climate change).
Washington’s energy needs are rising rapidly because of climate change, data centers and growing electrification. The solution is to use nuclear power in our clean energy mix.
Come learn about nuclear energy
Bring all your questions!
Dr. James Conca is a Geo-environmental scientist specializing in nuclear waste, and an EPA/State Environmental Consultant. Trustee of the Herbert M Parker Foundation
Thursday, September 19th at 7pm
Bickersons Brewhouse, 1514 Leary Way NW, Ballard, Seattle
Seattle Friends of Fission is pleased to offer a talk on how a coal-powered plant is being transformed to a non-carbon emitting energy producer.
Moving from coal to clean nuclear power in Wyoming, the Natrium Reactor Project will be built, providing jobs, and reliable, safe, resilient clean energy.
This is incredibly exciting as it will be one of the first next-gen (IV) reactors built in the United States. How it fits into the energy mix of today and tomorrow will be discussed by a lead on the project.
We are fortunate to have Mark Werner, Vice President of Plant Delivery for Natrium projects. He is a mechanical engineer by trade, who develops and leads engineering teams that design advance reactor concepts focused on impacting future energy markets. Mark has worked in plant layout and design, reactor system and equipment design, reactor core design and fuel design in his past positions. Mark has worked for TerraPower for 12 years, and prior to that worked on Reactor designs for the US Navy’s nuclear fleet at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in upstate NY. Mark has a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Drexel University)
Mark will be interviewed by Scott Montgomery, University of Washington faculty from the Jackson School of International Studies.
Thursday / June 20, 2024 / 7PM
Come hear about Ultra Safe Nuclear. Ultra Safe is working to provide the energy needs of our complex world. They are headquartered here, in Seattle, and are a global leader in nuclear technologies and services, on Earth and in Space. Learn about Micro Modular Reactors (MMR®), Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM®) nuclear fuel, and nuclear power and propulsion technologies for space exploration. Q&A following talk.
Our speaker, Wes Deason, nuclear engineer, is the Pylon Program Manager at Ultra Safe Nuclear’s Advanced Technologies Division and has supported Ultra Safe’s efforts on nuclear power for the past 5 years. He has a broad experience base in designing and developing high-temperature reactors for power, industrial heat, and space applications and modeling their application to accelerate the transition to a 100% clean energy system. Wes has a M.S. and B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Oregon State and Texas A&M University.
Before working at USNC, he worked with the Center for Space Nuclear Research at Idaho National Laboratory supporting Nuclear Thermal Propulsion design on MSFC’s Space Capable Cryogenic Thermal Engine Project, as well as design of several independent space and transportable multimegawatt power reactor design studies.
Free and Live Streamed
Beers, soft drinks.
Children and dogs both welcome
Location 1514 NW Leary Way, Seattle, WA 98107
FREE EVENT
Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024 Time: 1pm
Location: Prospect Congregational United Church of Christ , 1919 East Prospect St. , Sea, 98112
Washington needs to produce more energy. Our electric grid is under stress due to decreasing snowpack, increasing irrigation needs, more energy needed for transportation, AI, air conditioning/heating, etc.
In addition to our mix of solar, wind and hydro, how can nuclear energy be the clean solution to meet increasing demand? Come learn about nuclear power, how it works, the pros and cons, what to do about the waste, why it’s a vital piece to address climate change.
SPEAKER BIO: Nick Touran, PhD, PE, is a nuclear engineer who joined the field to help fight climate change. He has expertise in advanced nuclear reactor design, reactor development, and the history of nuclear power. After studying at the University of Michigan, he spent over a decade at TerraPower, LLC in Seattle working on core design, business support, software development, and configuration management.
Nick has been active in public education, and is the founder of whatisnuclear.com. He speaks at many schools and events, coordinated the digitization of numerous archival films, and was featured on both NPR’s Science Friday and the National Academy of Science’s Distinctive Voices series.
Outside of nuclear he enjoys paddle boarding in Lake Union, walking his dog (Waffles), hiking in the Cascades, and tweeting about nuclear energy.
Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85702297651?pwd=R1dnNlF6OE5LOTRoM1laUUZOYnRCUT09
Meeting ID 857 0229 7651 Passcode 048089
