Scott Nolan

That was 2023 was that process.

And then really got going full speed in 2024.

We've made pretty good progress for a year and a half in, at least we feel like we have.

So one of the first things we did was, even before starting the company, we had a lot of conversations with the DOE.

Going back to that question of what's the best way to start a company, it's by understanding if there's a need.

And so some of our first conversations were with people within the DOE saying, hey, this seems like

It seems like a need based on all the startups that we're talking to.

They say that they have to get their fuel from foreign providers.

Is that really the case?

And the DOE would confirm that, yes, we currently get all of our enrichment from foreign providers.

And we asked, is this something that we should go and try and do?

Is this something the DOE would be supportive of?

Because this is a controlled technology.

And again, same thing.

Yes, this would be good.

We could use more people doing this.

This would be a good thing.

We also talked to the DOD.

People on our team were involved in the DOD at the time.

And we're looking around saying, do we have an answer to this fuel problem?