About
Background
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, a U.S. corporation headquartered in Seattle, is a global leader and vertical integrator of nuclear technologies and services, on Earth and in Space. Major initiatives include the Micro Modular Reactor (MMR®), Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM®) nuclear fuel, and nuclear power and propulsion technologies for space exploration. The company is demonstrating MMR Energy Systems at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories with Ontario Power Generation and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. New deployment projects underway in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Ultra Safe Nuclear is committed to bringing safe, commercially competitive, clean and reliable nuclear energy to global power and industrial markets. Ultra Safe Nuclear is working with NASA and the Defense Department on advanced radioisotope power, nuclear thermal propulsion systems and advanced materials using the same strict inherent and intrinsic safety principles to drive innovation in fuels, materials, and design.
Ultra Safe Nuclear is the only private company producing TRISO and FCM fuel. This is enabling the transformation of key power and industrial sectors.
Mission
Develop, deploy and vertically integrate nuclear energy solutions, inclusive of hardware, fuel, execution and operational know how, that are safe and commercially competitive.
Vision
Reliable Zero-Carbon Energy Anywhere
Values
We will engage with and support our employees, contractors, vendors, clients, business partners, and our host communities to uphold and embrace these values:
- Safety: protect the public, our people and the environment from harm from our activities or products.
- Quality: develop a superior product that meets the requirements of our clients and communities.
- Expediency: build on experience and use the latest technological tools to create value and deliver the best products and outcomes.
- Character: treat each other with fairness, respect, care and honesty.
- Cooperation: excel individually and together in everything we do. We will achieve greatness through cooperation.
Groups
Ultra Safe Nuclear's 300+ employees operate under NUCLEAR block and a CORPORATE block. The NUCLEAR block has 5 Groups.
Core Group
Safety Matters. Core Group develops materials and fuels designed and manufactured at scale.
Nuclear Group
Delivering design and license for MMR and other nuclear systems.
Project Delivery Group
Delivering MMR projects globally.
Tech Group
No Limits. Tech Group develops advanced systems and technology targeting space applications for commercial and government customers.
Innovation Group
Innovation is seeding R&D projects for power conversion and rapid design iteration.
MILLIWATT to GIGAWATT
Ultra Safe Nuclear has the tech stack and capabilities to develop energy systems that meet a wide range of power and energy needs.
Our People
HQ
Francesco Venneri
CEO & Board Director
Pam Apps
Chief of Staff
Board of Directors
Richard Hollis Helms
Board Director
Nuclear Group
Dan Stout
CNO
Project Delivery Group
Alexander Superfin
eVP
Core Group
Kurt Terrani
eVP
Innovation Group
Mark Mitchell
eVP
Tech Group
Paolo Venneri
eVP
Business and Commercial
Operations
Kelsey Souza
COO
Finance
Chris Carson
CFO
Ritesh Budree
eVP
Global Strategy
Roland Backhaus
eVP
Legal
Steve Cuevas
General Counsel
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Updates
USNC Boosts MMR Power, Flexibility, and Value
* A technology breakthrough in our patented FCM fuel allows a fuel geometry that results in both higher power and increased safety, enabling the MMR to
USNC Advances in U.K. with AMR RD&D Phase B Grant Competition Award
The application was submitted by an integrated team with Jacobs and earned the highest scores of all applications in Phase B.
Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd joins the project of Grupa Azoty Police and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation to construct a research Micro-Modular Reactor
Grupa Azoty Zakłady Chemiczne Police S.A., Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) of the US and South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd (HEC) today
USNC is a Global Team

Seattle, Washington
Global Head Office
Salt Lake City, Utah
Next Generation Fuel and Moderator Development
Ottawa, Canada
Demonstration Project
and Market Development
Chalk River, Canada
1st Demonstration Project
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Mass Manufacturing Technologies for Fuels and Materials
Manchester, UK
UK Market, AMR Program
Paris, France
European Market
Development
Poland
European Market
Development
Pretoria, South Africa
Power Plant Engineering
Daejeon, South Korea
MMR® Power Plant Design