Kai Risdahl

I should say here that Equinix, the data center company we were talking about, has already pre-ordered 20 of Radiant's micro-reactors.

Radiant's also got a deal with the Defense Innovation Unit and the Air Force to deliver one of its micro-reactors to an American military base.

You know, you've got some military contracts already.

You're working that way.

The Trump administration is very pro-nuclear, doesn't care much for green energy, but nuclear, right, he's all on board.

How important is government involvement and government, if not backing, then certainly support to this project?

Yeah, sorry, I'm just looking at that whiteboard with all kinds of weird calculations on it, man.

That looks like heat flux from the core.

Yes, that's what it looks like.

Uh-huh.

Sure.

I'm a history and poli-sci guy, man.

July-ish is when Doug and his team are shooting to have their micro-reactor in Idaho for testing and then commercial production as soon as they can after that.

This final note on the way out today, you know how the president and his administration keep saying we're not going to be affected by the closure of the state of Hormuz because we pumped so much oil here?

Well, it is true that we do pump a lot of oil.

It is also true, though, that oil trades globally, which is why this item in the Financial Times caught my eye.

Data from the commodities research firm Kepler showing U.S.

crude exports are set to hit an all-time high this month as mostly Asian countries scramble for supplies to replace what is locked in the Gulf.

There is one Kepler analyst said, and this is a quote, an armada of empty oil tankers headed our way.

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