Spam ALERT: “Investment Update – Important” email is SPAM

ALERT: If you have received an email with the Subject: "Investment Update - Important" — DO NOT CLICK on the attachment.

MARCH 12, 2026: We are posting this notice to alert people that Nucleation experienced a hacking event and, if you received a notice like this to the right, you should delete this email.

We took precautions to notify everyone that we could reach about the chance that they might have received a spam message. Many more people were notified than who actually received the spam, once we were able to diagnose what happened. So, if you didn't see the message, you were likely not targeted by this spam event. If you received the message and deleted it, you are also safe. If, however, you did click on the spam message, we are sharing more information about steps you should take to protect yourself and prevent further spread of this spam virus.

A. Background: Spammers are using AI to outsmart us!

Today’s phishing attacks are much harder to distinguish, unlike in the “Nigerian Prince” days. Attackers are making their deceptions much more surgical, using A Large Language Models (LLMs) to scan victim social media and LinkedIn presence, to draft emails that will more closely mimic the person’s likely messages. They may even have detailed references of current activities, so don’t feel too bad if you were confused and clicked this message.

B. If you’ve clicked then you are likely to have been “infected,” but that may not result in the hack going to your contacts for a few days to a week.

The way to deal with this involves doing the following things:

Change your passwords asap. This is the most important “kill switch."
Implement two-factor authentication as much as possible.
Log out of all open sessions, whether email, online websites, or specific app sessions, and other app access where you’ve entered your credentials, including from phones, iPads, and laptops, etc. A hacker can try to steal those active credentials or tokens to get access to that app, email or platform, which can enable them to bypass even needing your password or two-factor authentication right away. When possible, use the setting that says “Sign out of all other web sessions.” Alternatively, you might see a “Manage devices” or “Remote Log Out” button. Use those to kill sessions that the hacker might want to use or may be actively using, like an online banking app, and you kick them out. Make a habit of always logging out of any app that has a credit card or bank access associated with it.
Check your email filters and forwarding “ghost rules" to see if they have been compromised. This hacker set up an Email Forwarding Rule that put any message that came to us with the Subject “Investment Update” into the Trash, rather than the Inbox. This was an effort to try to prevent us from getting messages and knowing this hacking had happened. There were a couple of emails asking about the message in the Trash. We found them and were able to delete that rule and respond to those contacts. Be aware, a Spammer can also have your messages forwarded to themselves, so that they can invade your privacy. Be sure to disable all unknown forwarding instructions or filters that "Delete emails," "Skip the Inbox," or forward messages to another email.
Check your email logs. When we did this, we found the four offending emails that had been sent out to people with the same Subject title and multiple email addressees. When you find these messages in the logs, that don't show up in your ordinary outbox, you will at least know all of the email addresses that the phishing attack went to.
Check & Revoke Third-Party Access, especially if there are Apps with access to your accounts that you don’t recognize. If you find something not familiar, remove that access, to prevent the spammer from being able to continue sending as you, even after you change your password.
You might opt to switch to Passkey technology, set up through your Security settings. SMS codes are no longer the safest bet since hackers can now do a “SIM swap” on your phone number. A passkey that uses Face ID, fingerprint or a physical USB key (Yubikey) to log in may be significantly safer. (This last advice item is from Gemini.)

C. If you clicked on the attachment, here's how to do Damage Control.

Warn those you can in advance. This is difficult, time-consuming and definitely not fun—given how many people we have connected with through email—but if you can provide advanced warning, you can help to prevent the spread of this virus. If you clicked on the attachment, you are likely infected so alert those you are connected with to watch out for a suspicious message from you. Definitely warn "high risk” individuals, especially the elderly, bankers, doctors, family members, etc. Let them know that you may have been hacked and the M.O. of this hacker, which is to send out what looks like a very reasonable message that asks them to click on a PDF. Let them know that they should not click on any attachement—especially one that isn’t actually a PDF but is a virus-infecting link. If they know in advance to watch out for a message that seems odd and to check with you if they get it, when they do, they will definitely thank you for that warning.
Prepare who and how you will contact folks. If and when the hacked messages get sent to your contacts, being prepared to send out an alert ASAP can save precious time when this event happens. That can prevent the attacker from having an advantage prior to when people begin to take actions to change passwords and close apps. It will also help you to already know how to check your email logs, so you can quickly discern exactly which contacts were affected, so you don't have to email broader than those who were affected and thus limit your outreach.
Ask people to check for blockers put on their email. Once the link is clicked, it is possible that the hacker will access the victim's email and implement a blocker that prevents you from alerting them. This can cause further delays as you try to help them deal with this hack. It could also interfere with your future ability to communicate with the people in your network in the future. Please do check if your email account has had any new “blocked email domains” added.
Get help with cyber-security in advance of having your email compromised. An experienced IT security team can help you fortify your cyber defenses and prevent your email from being used improperly and spreading this virus to those you are connected to. Options include local IT professionals and IR firms with emergency response capabilities like:
1. Mandiant — acquired by Google, does incident response and crisis management.
2. CrowdStrike — 24/7 breach and incident response.
3. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 — incident response and threat-led investigation for active breaches.
4. Arctic Wolf Incident Response — emergency IR and restoration support.

Each email system is a little different, so if you are not familiar with how to implement these protections, you are better off checking with your email provider, go-to expert or AI assistant of choice to find out how to access your settings, change passwords and security settings, check email logs and review blockers and filters. However, here are Gemini's directions for finding your Email Logs:

Here are Gemini's directions for protecting yourself from a hacker when using Google's email:

Updated 3/13/26

Published by Nucleation Capital in Artificial Intelligence, NEWS, Nucleation communications, SPAM ALERT

February 23, 2026

Pronuclear Actions

Nuclear energy is seeing a surge of activity and interest—but obstacles remain. Given the growing number of important opportunities to for individuals to show their support, we're now listing such initiatives as best we can.

Published by Nucleation Capital in Carbon emissions, Climate change, Fail-safe fuels, Fission, Global emissions, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear waste, Nucleation communications, Pro-nuclear campaign, RESOURCES, Solving climate, Solving nuclear waste, US competitiveness, US technological leadership, Women in Nuclear, Zero emission energy

February 14, 2026

Pronuclear Advocates & Allies

About the Pronuclear Climate Movement

Pronuclear climate advocacy has been around for only about a decade but it has grown rapidly. It consists mostly of young people who understand the urgency of the climate crisis and recognize that nuclear energy is a way to help us transition away from fossil fuels. They believe we should protect existing nuclear plants providing large amounts of clean energy and build more. They have worked to save plants slated for premature closure, like Diablo Canyon in California and Palisades in Michigan. And they continue to work to save existing nuclear plants around the world, reform clean energy policies that exclude nuclear and favor renewables and educate the public about the benefits of nuclear. This is a reflection of growing support for nuclear power in general and a recognition that the goal of the climate movement is to prioritize retirenent of fossil fuel plants—whose massive volume of waste emissions is forcing the warming of our planet—not shut nuclear, whose waste hurts no one and is actually a valuable future energy resource.

The pronuclear movement consists of mostly smaller, independent groups that do grassroots organizing around a theme, such as working to prevent the closure of a local nuclear power plant. Fortunately, many of these groups are interconnected yielding suprisingly effective coordination when it matters. Many also have broader goals, such as the Climate Coalition, which aims to strengthen the climate movement overall by uniting climate activists of all stripes in support of an "all-of-the-above" nuclear-inclusive approach to clean energy. These groups can use your help.

How to Support the Pronuclear Climate Movement

For those who want to support nuclear power in addition to (or in lieu of) investing in next-generation technologies through Nucleation Capital, we provide the following recommendations:

Take Action in Support of Nuclear Power: We have launched a Pronuclear Advocacy Actions page. Please check this page to learn about ways that you can support pronuclear actions. If you are organizing an action in support or nuclear or know of one, please submit the information to add it to our action page.
Stop Supporting Anti-Nuclear Organization: Stop sending donations to the Sierra Club, NRDC, 350.org, Friends of the Earth, League of Conservation Voters, or Greenpeace. These large NGOs remain staunchly anti-nuclear and that is primarily what is dividing the climate movement.
Urge your NGO to Prioritize Climate: If you have been a member or supporter of an anti-nuclear environmental group, let them know you don't support their anti-nuclear positions—which are contrary to their supposed efforts to solve climate—and won't support them until they acknowledge the value of nuclear energy for combating carbon emissions.
Actively Support Pronuclear Groups: Throw your support behind one or more of the pronuclear nonprofits that are working hard to save existing power plants and to advocate for nuclear power. We have curated the following lists to help you find organizations or individuals to support.

Nucleation's Top 5 Pronuclear Organizations

1. CALIFORNIANS FOR GREEN NUCLEAR POWER

Californians for Green Nuclear Power, led by Dr. Gene Nelson, has been a driving force for political accountability and responsible energy decision-making in California. Shedding light on sweetheart backroom political deals being cut by Governor Jerry Brown that were contrary to the public interest, CGNP filed suits and/or petitioned to become a party to CPUC and FERC proceedings. CGNP's work as an intervenor has been instrumental in helping to save Diablo Canyon. CGNP's in depth research continues to pose obstacles to efforts to overturn the California legislature's extension approval are being filed. (Donations can be mailed to CGNP at 1375 East Grand Ave Ste 103 #523, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420-2421.)

2. MOTHERS FOR NUCLEAR

Mothers for Nuclear was created on Earth Day 2016 by the power team of San Luis Obispo-based Heather Hoff and Kristin Zaitz, two moms to better represent the voices of women and mothers in support of Diablo Canyon and nuclear energy in general. Coordination with Californians for Green Nuclear Power, Save Clean Energy and many other groups enabled Governor Newsom to respond to strong public pressure to save Diablo Canyon when appealing to the California Legislature. Progressive women remain predominantly opposed to nuclear power, but Mothers for Nuclear have begun to rebuild the social norm of women being pronuclear. (Donations can be made online. EIN: 81-3349003)

3. GENERATION ATOMIC

Generation Atomic was created by Eric Meyers to represent the voices of younger generations and empower them to express support for nuclear in every type of venue and forum where discussions of how solve climate change is happening. The group creates fun, engaging, public actions in an effort to safeguard our future by championing the cause for nuclear energy. Not only do they use research, communication and relationship-building to advocate for nuclear, their actions typically involve dancing, singing, inflatable costumes and humor to inspire, empower and engage youth and defang anti-nuclear wrath. Operatic nuclear arias, anyone? (Donations can be made online. EIN: 81-4500446)

4. THORIUM ENERGY ALLIANCE

Thorium Energy Alliance was started in 2006 by John Kutsch to bring together scientists and energy experts who believe that thorium should be recognized as a high-value nuclear fuel and not treated as waste. Thorium is far more abundant and less radioactive than uranium, yet was rejected early on in the development of nuclear fuel. This despite evidence that the use of thorium is feasible and can be highly cost-effective. TEA works to raise awareness about thorium and hosts conferences, posts videos and serves as a central organizing and educational entity for many nuclear advocates, which history was beautifully captured in the Frankie Fenton documentary film "Atomic Hope." (Donations of cash or cars can be made online.)

5. CLIMATE COALITION

Climate Coalition was founded in 2016 by Valerie Gardner and a group of technology-oriented climate activists who recognized how much stronger the climate movement would be if climate advocates were not fighting amongst themselves. Climate Coalition works to build unity between climate activists who support renewables and those that support nuclear, who are often ardently in opposition to each other. This internecine conflict is why global effort to transition to 100% clean energy systems are delayed everywhere. Join Climate Coalition to show your support of unity against carbon emissions. (Climate Coalition is looking for a new leader to take this group to the next level.)

MORE PRONUCLEAR GROUPS

There are many other worthy groups, so we've listed more of them below, followed by influencers, authors, podcasters and artists (alphabetically)

THINK TANKS & EXPERT NON-PROFITS (Alphabetical listing)

Anthropocene Institute, founded by Carl Page, bringing a pro-technology perspective and working to connect engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, institutions and thought-leaders to solve the world's greatest challenges. Helping to expand awareness of solid state nuclear activity and its potential to solve energy issues.

The Breakthrough Institute, Ted Nordhaus leads this global research think tank that identifies and promotes technological solutions and policies to environmental and human development challenges.

Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, Madison Hilly founded this group to serve as a nationwide advocate articulating a vision for nuclear power as the industrial heart of sustainable and enduring American prosperity that creates dignified, high-wage jobs, revives American industrial capability, and re-establishes the U.S. as the global leader of this critical technology.

Clean Air Task Force, led by Armond Cohen, analyzes and advocates for the technologies and policies needed to get to a zero-emissions, high-energy planet at an affordable cost, so the energy needs of all people are met efficiently without damaging the air we breathe or the atmosphere.

ClearPath, Rich Powell heads up this a center-right think tank whose mission is to develop and advance conservative policies that accelerate clean energy innovation and climate solutions.

Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative, Dr. James Hansen, Donn J. Viviani and other climate and legal experts, have sued the US EPA to demand its proactive enforcement of the Clean Air Act as already permitted by the existing statute against emitters of carbon dioxide pollution.

Doctors for Nuclear Energy, Dr. Chris Keefer leads an international, volunteer group of doctors that see nuclear energy as an irreplaceable part of the just transition to a low-carbon future.

ecoAmerica, founded and run by Bob Perkowitz, ecoAmerica moves society toward climate solutions by inspiring and empowering trusted national institutions and their millions of stakeholders in local communities across America to visibly act and advocate, with a commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Emergency Reactor, Zion Lights, a former Greenpeace activist, grew disenchanted with Greenpeace because of its antinuclear stance and founded this European-based group to provides accurate nuclear education and counterpoint to antinuclear myths.

Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) is the only non-profit, membership organization of local governments adjacent to or impacted by U.S. Department of Energy activities. We bring together local government officials to share information, establish policy positions, and promote community interests to address an increasingly complex set of constituent, environmental, regulatory, and economic development needs.

Energy Impact Center, Bret Kugelmass founded this group to offer strategic direction through a "first principles" analysis of global energy systems and focusing on areas of highest impact, through research, impactful communications and kick-starting real projects. Also, Bret is host and creator of the Titans of Nuclear Podcast.

Fastest Path to Zero, Dr. Todd Allen leads an interdisciplinary team of experts, including University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students, working to support communities as they plan and pursue ambitious climate goals, offering a variety of assessment, siting, reporting, and big data analytic tools combined with a passion for human-centered design and engagement, to help communities transform their energy systems while adapting to a changing climate.

Good Energy Collective, Dr. Jessica Lovering, Suzy Hobbs Baker, Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh launched this group to rethink nuclear policies from the ground up, in order to enable nuclear energy to help humanity reach ambitious climate goals. Using modern, socially-grounded and equitable approaches based upon progressive, democratic values, Good Energy Collective develops practical approaches to bring nuclear implementation and not just technology into the 21st century.

The Long Now, Stewart Brand founded this organization to foster long-term thinking to make mankind into a better ancestor and preserve possibilities for future generations, by imagining what our needs will be over a 10,000 year timescale, rather than just in the here and now.

Nuclear Alternative Project. Puerto Rico has been an energy deficient country since Hurricane Maria struck a few years back. In response, the Department of Energy has granted the Nuclear Alternative Project the responsibility of preparing Puerto Rico to possibly build advanced nuclear reactors, as an alternative energy option for Puerto Rico. Unlike wind and solar, nuclear power plants hold up well in hurricanes, which show no sign of abating especially as climate gets worse.

Nuclear Innovation Alliance, Judi Greenwald leads this donor-funded think tank and industry-adjacent team that aims to bring economically competitive zero-carbon energy to the world by supporting entrepreneurialism and accelerated innovation through policy analysis, research and education.

Nuclear New York, Dr. Dietmar Detering, Isuru Seneviratne and more, is an independent, non-partisan advocacy organization working towards a prosperous decarbonized future and nature conservation, advocating for the application of nuclear energy to meet the need for reliable, emission-free energy along with well paid meaningful work that underwrites vibrant, healthy, and prosperous communities in New York and beyond.

The Oppenheimer Project, Charles Oppenheimer and family, launched this group in tandem with the release of the film, "Oppenheimer," to use the legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer to promote thought-leadership, advocate for an expansion of nuclear energy free from the threats of proliferation or weaponization and to invest in the energy transition to carbon-free sources, including nuclear energy.

Radiant Energy Group, a think tank, research organization and corporate advisory founded by Mark Nelson and Richard Ollington, which provides leaders with the data, messaging and broader insights they need to create nuclear-inclusive roadmaps towards decarbonization. Recently published results of their global survey of public attitudes towards nuclear.

Rethinking Nuclear, Richard Steeves and others founded this group to help those taking a fresh look at why we need nuclear power and rethink positions based upon misinformation or misconceptions about the technology that are wrong.

Save Clean Energy, Isabelle Boemeke founded this group to cultivate and amplify the social media-based grassroots movement that she has developed to protect existing clean energy resources, while championing new clean infrastructure.

Stand Up for Nuclear, Paris Ortiz-Wines founded this team to serve as the international hub for global nuclear activism, providing resources, empowering action and helping individuals advocate for the protection and expansion of nuclear energy around the world.

TerraPraxis, Erik Ingersoll and Kirsty Gogan founded this organization to design and promote transformative strategies to address the most significant risks to the energy transition — mapping uncharted decarbonization territory, with a mission to accelerate scalable, innovative and equitable solutions for unsolved areas of the climate and energy challenge. Now focusing on the coal to nuclear transition.

Third Way, Josh Freed heads this national think tank that champions modern center-left ideas on a wide range of critical issues, from energy to agriculture.

WePlanet (previously RePlanet), founded by a group of European youths to broadly save the future and advocate for the prioritization of real, science-based solutions. They bravely tackle a number of big thorny issues, including the need to rethink and deploy advanced technologies for food production, nuclear power and GMOs.

INFLUENCERS, AUTHORS, PODCASTERS, ARTISTS and FILMS

Rod Adams, founder of Atomic Insights, launched in 1995 to engage in exploration and critical discussion of nuclear power and the nuclear industry by one of the partners of Nucleation Capital; and host of The Atomic Show: A long-running companion podcast series featuring Rod's interviews of and conversations with nuclear experts.
Meredith Angwin, wrote the first book explaining in lay terms the perils inherent in our power grid, “Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of our Electric Grid.” Previously, Angwin inspired and taught a generation of activists how to advocate for nuclear power in "Campaigning for Clean Air."

Mathijs Beckers, is an author and vlogger who runs the Nuclear Humanist YouTube channel. He is the author of "Highway to Dystopia: About spaceship Earth, Climate Change and more" as well as Climate Zero Hour, The Non-Solutions Project, and Science a la Carte. He is raising funds for his latest pronuclear project here.
Isabelle Boemeke, creator of the “Isodope” persona, an uber-stylish futuristic nuclear influencer featured in creative videos accessible by TicTok, Instagram and "X" tweets, which aim to educate the social media generation about nuclear energy. Ms. Boemeke is also the founder of Save Clean Energy, which led an initiative to send a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to save Diablo Canyon, signed by 79 scientific experts. She has also given a powerful pronuclear TED Talk.
Baba Brinkman, a science rapper, poet and performer, with the world's most extensive oeuvre of nuclear rap.
Robert Bryce, author, journalist and host of the Power Hungry Podcast, wrote "A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations," and produced the documentary Juice: How Electricity Explains the World. Bryce just released a new, 5-part documentary series called Juice: Power, Politics & the Grid, available for free on YouTube.

Gwyneth Cravens, author of "Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy."

Dietmar Detering, co-founder and chair of Nuclear New York, a nuclear strategist and expert helping to convene events and build support for nuclear energy.
Jack Devanney, author of the Substack: Gordion Knot News, dedicated to solving the twin problems of energy poverty and global warming.

Frankie Fenton, produced the documentary, Atomic Hope, which follows the birth, pains and growth of the pronuclear movement.

Valerie Gardner, founder and managing partner of Nucleation Capital, the first venture fund to provide a way for accredited investors to invest in nuclear innovation, co-founder of Climate Coalition, a non-profit advocacy group working to build a coalition of pronuclear and pro-renewable climate advocates to bring unity to and dispel competition between those seeking climate solutions but with differing notions and preferences as to what those are.
Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist, wrote "A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow." This book was picked up and made into a powerful documentary by Oliver Stone, called Nuclear Now: Time to Look Again, in 2023.

Dr. Robert Hargraves, author of "Thorium, Energy Cheaper than Coal" and prolific tweeter.
Kyle Hill, produces a wonderfully accurate and entertaining series of Youtube videos, including "Is Nuclear Power 'Too Expensive?'"
Madison Hilly, nuclear influencer and speaker, Managing Director of Radiant Energy Group.
Heather Hoff, a co-founder of Mothers for Nuclear, is known to show up to official meetings to speak extremely articulately on behalf of saving nuclear power plants, with her young child in tow.

Dr. Chris Keefer, articulate Canadian nuclear advocate, founder of Doctors for Nuclear Energy and the Decouple podcast, focused on the challenge of decoupling energy production from carbon emissions.

D.J. LeClear, The Rad Guy, posts extensively with easy to understand explanations about nuclear power, radiation and waste issues.
Zion Lights, Everything is Light, has an engaging Substack covering her learning process about nuclear energy.

Gene Nelson, Californians for Green Nuclear Energy: Prolific researcher and author of detailed legal analyses, legal briefs and published OpEds submitted on behalf of CGNP as an intervenor in California CPUC actions revealing and critiquing efforts by those seeking to replace clean nuclear energy with dirty coal or gas, of the nefarious going on's—often behind "closed doors" or hidden in data reporting euphemisms—which have enabled efforts by PacifiCorp and others to sell coal power to California without it being acknowledged as such by CAISO.
Mark Nelson, Radiant Energy Group: Founder and preferred nuclear advocate in debates on nuclear energy, as well as a key influencer and consultant providing a range of strategic services to improve communications and engage key stakeholders.

Richard Ollington, Emys Energy: Experienced nuclear energy researcher and statistician providing strategic advice, research and data insights to turn "numbers into narratives" that help the world better understand the power and benefits of nuclear energy, to support informed decisions and lasting progress across the energy sector.

Carl Page, Anthropocene Institute: Articulate nuclear advocate, philanthropist and investor bringing a pro-technology perspective and working to connect engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, institutions and thought-leaders to solve the world's greatest challenges, including support for development of low energy nuclear reactors (LENR).
Emmet Penney, Nuclear Barbarians: Articulate nuclear author and podcaster interviewing a range of nuclear experts about the industry, its successes and challenges.

Staffan Qvist and Joshua Goldstein co-wrote "A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow." This book was picked up and made into a powerful documentary by Oliver Stone, called Nuclear Now: Time to Look Again, in 2023.

Dave Schumacher, produced The New Fire, a wonderful documentary about next-generation nuclear and some of the founders who have launched ventures.
Michael Seely, nuclear influencer, consultant and founder of AtomicBlender, a consultancy firm specializing in nuclear fuel and technology. Also posts educational videos at YouTube on the AtomicBlender channel.
Isuru Seneviratne, co-founder of Nuclear New York, is a data guru who has developed expertise in presenting energy data in a clear and compelling way that helps bring attention to the energy faux pas of those entrusted to do the right thing, specifically NYISO.
Oliver Stone, produced Nuclear Now: Time to Look Again, a 2023 documentary, based upon the Joshua Goldstein book, "A Bright Future."
Robert Stone, produced the highly influential 2013 documentary, Pandora’s Promise, arguably the first pronuclear documentary ever produced, which has subsequently inspired the pronuclear movement.

Nick Touran, Ph.D, P.E., What is Nuclear?: A technical blog that aims to enlighten the public about the capabilities of nuclear energy so that society may embrace it as an improvement in many aspects over current energy sources. Answers many common questions and concerns about nuclear power.

Dan Yurman, Neutron Bytes: Publishes posts and provides resources and references regarding advanced nuclear projects, expert resources and published literature about nuclearpower, and advocacy groups.

[Note: This Nuclear Advocacy page is a work in process and is neither comprehensive nor completely up to date (although we endeavor to update it as often as we can). Not included in this list are industry-supported and/or international professional and non-governmental organizations, such as the:

American Nuclear Society
Nuclear Energy Institute
Nuclear Innovation Alliance
U.S. Nuclear Industry Council
Nuclear Matters
International Atomic Energy Agency
World Nuclear Association
Women in Nuclear
North American Young Generation in Nuclear

If you have suggestions or corrections, please use our Contact page to provide that information and we will post it.]

Updated: March 4, 2026

Published by Valerie Gardner in Brilliant thinkers, Climate change, Climate policy, Energy abundance, Environmental support for nuclear, Fission, International support for nuclear, Investor activity, NEWS, Nuclear-inclusive energy policy, Nucleation communications, Philanthropic support for nuclear, Pro-nuclear campaign, Solving climate, Solving nuclear waste, Women in Nuclear, Zero emission energy

February 10, 2026

Nuclearn and NPX Announce Strategic Collaboration on AI in Nuclear ()

Nuclearn has announced a strategic collaboration with Canadian-based Nuclear Promise X (NPX) to advance safe, practical adoption of AI across nuclear operations and new nuclear projects, combining applied AI capabilities with operational and regulatory expertise...

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Artificial Intelligence, Electrification, International Collaboration, NEWS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear innovation, Nuclear R&D, Nuclear-inclusive energy policy, Nucleation communications, Portfolio Venture, Private companies, US technological leadership

February 8, 2026

Capital Markets Embrace Nuclear Energy ()

A recent Hill opinion piece pulls together developments the nuclear industry has discussed for years, outlining how banks, corporate power buyers, federal financing programs, and public markets underpin new nuclear deployment...

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, Capital reallocation, Data centers & Digital Infra, Energy transition, Future of Energy, Government, Government support, International Collaboration, International support for nuclear, Investor activity, LINKS, Nuclear-inclusive energy policy, Nucleation communications, Politicians supporting nuclear, Private companies, Public companies

December 15, 2025

A Rad Future for Everyone

Nucleation Capital is pleased to be sharing copies of Isabelle Boemeke's wonderful debut book, RAD FUTURE: The Untold Story of Nuclear Electricity and How It Will Save the World. with our investors and broader community. We hope you will read it, enjoy it, and then give it to your spouse, your siblings, your parents, your children, your colleague, your friend or your neighbor to read. (Rad = Radiant)

Isabelle Boemeke, the author and one of Nucleation's featured Women in Nuclear, has already made an impact on the world of nuclear. She has single-handedly brought today's social media-consuming generation to have a much better understanding of nuclear power via her Tweeting, TikToking and extremely creative videos. Isabelle has given TED Talks and has become a very sought-after speaker. Importantly, her alter-ego, Isodope, has been able to speak candidly and collegially to the interests and concerns of a generation of young women who may be surprised at how seamlessly Isodope can weave a discussion of nuclear power and the importance of clean energy into a video with make-up tips.

Most importantly, however, Isabelle has aimed her prodigious talents at saving nuclear power plants, including the previously doomed Diable Canyon. Once Isabelle engaged along with her massive fan base, saving Diablo Canyon quickly became the politically-correct thing to do. She organized the pronuclear community into organizing a rally in San Luis Obispo, near the plant and secured extremely positive press. She didn't stop there, however, and organized a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to save Diablo Canyon for the sake of not reversing our climate progress, signed by 88 leading scientists. Her team also flooded the zone with one-on-one meetings with assembly members and gained political support from key constitutents of Diablo Canyon. Together with allies across the California spectrum, Isabelle successfully helped to persuade Governor Newsom to stop the premature closure of the plant, and a bipartisan majority of the California's very progressive state assembly passed legislation to that effect.

The publication of Rad Future is just one of the latest feats from Isabelle. Along with the publication of the book, Isabelle released 3 minute video showcasing her vision of the future on a planet that embraces nuclear power. This video is just a tremendous bit of creativity and we hope everyone can see it. Fortunately, you can still find it on Isabelle's X/Twitter account or on the Isodope.com website. It looks like this:

Please click through to the video slightly down the page and enjoy. Then, you can follow Isabelle's activities as the first pronuclear social media influencer in the following places:

X/Twitter: @Isodope
Instagram: @I_sodope
TikTok: @Isodope

Note: If you are an investor in Nucleation Capital's Fund I and you don't receive a copy of Isabelle's book this holiday season, please contact us. If you subscribe before the end of the year, we will forward a copy to you as well. To learn more about our charitable donations for 2025, please see: "Gratitude in Greens & Blues."

Published by Nucleation Capital in Energy abundance, Energy transition, Fission, Investor activity, NEWS, Nucleation communications, Pro-nuclear campaign, Solving climate, Women in Nuclear

November 26, 2025

Why California Should Rethink Its Nuclear Moratorium ()

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, author of "Atomic Dreams," makes a compelling case for California to rethink its 1976 moratorium on building nuclear plants — arguing that clean-firm power is essential for meeting climate and energy goals, in an increasingly electrified economy.

Published by Nucleation Capital in Advanced Nuclear, Climate change, Climate policy, Energy transition, Fission, Government support, LINKS, Nuclear competitiveness, Nuclear waste, Nuclear-inclusive energy policy, Nucleation communications, Regulatory reform, Solving climate, US competitiveness, US technological leadership

September 9, 2025

Nucleation Capital Backs Nuclearn in $10.5M Series A Round

Nuclearn founders Enhanced

Nucleation Capital is proud to announce its participation in NuclearN's second round of financing, its Series A, in which the company raised $10.5 million to accelerate the development a range of AI services aimed at the nuclear industry. This marks our second investment in NuclearN following our participation in their Seed round back in mid-2023.

The round was led by Blue Bear Capital, with participation from SJF Ventures and follow-on investments from existing investors AZ-VC and Nucleation Capital. The new funding will be used to advance development of Nuclearn's domain-specific AI solutions, increasing their offerings with new analytic and AI features that support operations, engineering, and regulatory compliance and accelerating market expansion.

NuclearN's solutions are already deployed in more than 65 reactors globally and the company is already profitable. This funding will therefore serve as a shot in the arm to accelerate the company's growth, just as AI is driving unprecedents demand for energy and existing nuclear power plants are being uprated, being restarted and being built. Nuclearn can help each plant improve its operational and capital cost bottom line and there is no end in sight to the benefits that may be realized through NuclearN's combination of nuclear operations data analytics and AI-optimizations.

Nuclearn's platform combines advanced AI with deep nuclear domain knowledge to automate complex workflows that typically require weeks of specialized personnel effort and support technicians in the field. Developed by founders with over 30 years of combined nuclear operations experience and trained on millions of specialized nuclear industry documents and diagrams, the technology understands not only what nuclear professionals need, but also the regulatory and safety context behind every decision. "We are extremely proud and pleased to continue to support this talented team and participate in the incredible work being done by NuclearN to improve nuclear power's safety, up-time performance and bottom line," said Valerie Gardner, Nucleation's managing partner.

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Radiant’s Microreactor Hits the Headlines ()

Radiant, a Nucleation portfolio company, was spotlighted in the LA Times for its progress in developing portable, helium-cooled nuclear...

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June 10, 2025

Nuclear for Climate Change: A luncheon discussion

Luncheon discussion

A Ladies Luncheon discussion of nuclear!

Los Angeles is still reeling from a series of horrific fires that devasted multiple communities, particularly Palisades and Eaton in early 2025. Recent reports found that these fires caused between $28 and $54 billion in property damange, along with what may be $9 billion in related economic losses in LA County alone. The fires have caused a loss of almost 50,000 job-years in the region, reducing area wages, business income, and federal, state and local tax revenue.

Lack of rain, hotter and drier conditions and high winds helped fuel the fires while combating the fires was hindered by the excess heat and widespread shortage of divertable water resources. These are conditions that have been exascerbated by global warming, which is caused by humanity's growing carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. Gigatonnes of these heat-trapping waste CO2 emissions have amassed within the atmosphere causing the planet to get warmer. Scientists now believe that we've exceeded 1.5°Celsius average increase or 2.7°Fahrenheit and the heating is continuing to rise at an accelerating rate.

While Los Angeles is working to recover, rebuild and repair, the question of how to begin to reverse the damage we're continuing to do to the climate remains. We know with total certainty that we must stop burning fossil fuels. But demand for energy is not just growing around the world, demand is surging—particularly due to AI usage. This means not only do we need to focus on building only new clean energy plants but we also need to replace the 80% of global energy still using fossil fuels with equivalent sources of clean power as well.

We've been building wind and solar as fast as possible but these have never been able to keep up with even the historically lower level of energy growth. Additionally, the enormous costs of "firming" all that dilute and intermittent power (i.e. adding batteries, duplicative generation, and other fossil back up for when the sun and wind aren't cooperating) have increased California ratepayer costs. Meanwhile, we are still reliant on burning fossil fuels for some 60% of our power here in California and new fossil plants continue to get built that lock in continued emissions for decades more, which is extraordinarily bad for our future.

We clearly need better solutions. From our perspective, the only good news on the climate horizon is that energy experts, tech hyperscalers, government officials, industrial companies and investors are increasingly recognizing the importance of nuclear power for addressing our energy and climate needs. Nuclear (fission) power produces massive amounts of energy with zero emissions and runs reliably 24/7 (except for refuelings). It also cleans the air (as it emits zero toxins, unlike coal and gas), it provides good-paying jobs and has one of the smallest possible ecologic footprints. Best of all, there's a race on to develop next-generation nuclear power plants that better meet our 21st century energy needs. (Nuclear fusion may play a role in the future but commercialization of that technology is still much further off.)

Nuclear power—and especially newer, advanced designs—has seen bipartisan support in the Congress since the Obama Administration. Both Biden and Trump have increased funding for development of next-gen nuclear and signed multiples bills to accelerate new deployments for energy security, for climate change and for national security goals. Public support for nuclear power is currently at its highest level in decades. Yet, support by men exceeds that of women overall. Among women, surprisingly, those most concerned about climate change, primarily progressive Democrats, report the least support for nuclear power. This appears to be a function of less awareness and knowledge about the technology and a residual sense that nuclear is dangerous, even though it has been found to be among the safest and cleanest forms of energy ever developed. That does not appear to be common knowledge among women yet.

Valerie Gardner, Nucleation Capital's managing partner, is working to help set the record straight. She is co-hosting a luncheon gathering for an intimate gathering of women in Los Angeles to discuss nuclear power and share what she has learned over the past 15 years of research and investigation, to dispell myths that still infuse women's thinking about nuclear energy.

Official Event Description

Nuclear for Climate

Join a small group of women gathering at an LA restaurant to enjoy a hosted lunch and discussion exploring the proposition that nuclear power could be exactly what we need to meet the surging demand for energy and solve climate climate safely, sustainably and cost-effectively.

As data centers, cloud computing, vehicle electrification, crypto mining, manufacturing and more create unprecedented demand, energy buyers and the broader utility sector in general are facing a pivotal moment. Will we meet this demand with more cheap but often volatile fossil fuel power generation and continue to make our climate crisis worse? Or will we push forward and accelerate the commercialization of revolutionary advanced nuclear technologies that are clean, dense, low-impact, reliable and climate resilient—everything we need! What if next-generation nuclear is able to compete on every level with fossil fuels, including price? This could change our planet's trajectory for the better, reduce emissions, lessen the threat from climate change and help save our children's future.

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