Jacob Dewitte

I am the co-founder and CEO of Oklo. We are building a new kind of nuclear reactor to bring cheap, clean, abundant power to the world. For most of my life I have worked in energy generation and distribution. I have experience in nuclear reactor design and analysis of sodium fast reactors, molten salt reactors, and next generation PWRs; and fuel cycle analysis on the front end, and closing the back end. I completed my PhD at MIT in nuclear engineering where I developed tools to analyze adoption scenarios of high performance light water reactor fuels as part of long term capital asset management planning for nuclear power plants. People talk about an energy crisis or dilemma, and nuclear energy is the long term solution. It is 50 million times more energy dense per reaction than natural gas or coal meaning 50 million times less waste. It is sustainable with fuel supplies that can easily power us for thousands to millions of years. It is clean and emission-free, is always on, and one of the safest industries in US history! Simply put, it has by far the fewest deaths per MW of any energy source. I am working on developing technologies to make the most of our incredible nuclear fleet, and advanced nuclear technologies that can make nuclear more competitive, available, and widespread than ever before. Named to the Forbes 30 under 30 in energy.