Curriculum

The Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp seeks to train students and early career professionals in skills essential to innovation in nuclear energy while executing group projects. The program consists of expert-led sessions, team-building exercises, and group project design time.

 
 

Bootcamp Curriculum 

Participants leave the Bootcamp with an in depth understanding of innovation issues specific to nuclear in the 21st century

  • Venture fundamentals 

  • Methods for idea generation and critique

  • Cross-cutting needs in nuclear energy systems 

  • Product development and marketing

  • Generation IV designs 

  • Community and Stakeholder engagement

  • Venture and Institutional Financing

  • Climate Change and Environmental Justice

  • Challenges and opportunities for nuclear in the 21st century energy landscape

  • Licensing, legal issues, and government/NGO support

Participants are selected amongst the most qualified students and young professionals in nuclear. Time in the bootcamp is spent on four key areas.

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1. Learning strategies for innovation by obtaining the tools to go through opportunity recognition, idea generation, idea refinement, and idea execution

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2. Developing approaches to venture-building by applying this process to relevant problems and receiving feedback on their work from private companies, technical experts, and potential funders

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3. Examining the feasibility of initiatives by learning about the technical aspects of innovation in nuclear

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4. Critiquing projects from a multi-disciplinary perspective by learning about non-technical considerations in the nuclear space