About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Tyler Bernstein about Zeno Power's innovative nuclear batteries for extreme environments.

Zeno Power, a cutting edge nuclear company, is making batteries powered with Strontium 90 for niche deployment cases: the moon, the arctic, and the seafloor. I got to pick Zeno cofounder and CEO Tyler Bernstein’s brain about their exciting new technology, why Zeno’s work is critical in our increasingly multipolar world, and the upsides of competing with China. This was a fascinating discussion and I think you guys are going to love it. Not long after we recorded this episode, Zeno added former NASA chief technologist AC Charania to its team as SVP of Space Business Development. Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at www.nuclearbarbarians.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Emmet Penney

Guest: Tyler Bernstein

Topics covered

• nuclear technology
• space exploration
• energy solutions
• Arctic technology
• Strontium 90
• multipolar world
• competition with China

Keywords

• Zeno Power
• nuclear batteries
• Strontium 90
• moon technology
• Arctic deployment
• seafloor energy
• Tyler Bernstein
• AC Charania
• NASA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zeno Power, NASA

Places: China

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