U.S. Department of Energy Provides Nearly $20 Million for Domestic Advanced Nuclear Technology Projects

Yellowstone Energy, led by Cohort 1’s Matthew Ellis and Samuel Shaner, was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive a $160,00 Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) technology development voucher. Yellowstone Energy is focused on the development of a modular, safe, and economic advanced nuclear reactor.  The Yellowstone Energy reactor is designed to reduce overnight construction costs via a simplified and passively safe design and provides additional grid services to improve the economic competitiveness of nuclear power in the United States.