Our People
At TerraPower, we have a staff of highly trained nuclear physicists, engineers, project managers and operators with experience developing, building and operating fast and light water reactors for a variety of applications. Our team includes expert staff and consultants, many of whom have worked for the world’s most prestigious laboratories and energy and engineering organizations. Major contributors also include individuals who have received the highest honors in their fields–technical society fellows, international prizewinners, and recipients of the Enrico Fermi Prize and E. O. Lawrence Award.
Every member of TerraPower’s team shares a vision of using nuclear science for its fullest potential: accepting difficult challenges that make nuclear technology safer and more cost-effective, more adaptable, more environmentally sustainable and more resistant to proliferation. We work here not because we are interested in incremental improvements, but because we are each motivated to develop technologies that benefit the environment and human health.
Our Leadership
TerraPower has a proud culture of mission-driven innovation.
TerraPower is proud of our culture of mission-driven innovation. Our employees develop clean, safe energy to address global poverty and environmental challenges. We attract exceptional people and encourage them to confront big challenges with bold creativity. We drive hard for progress while keeping our values at the forefront.
Mission
Our mission is to invent and develop for commercialization new nuclear concepts and products, including our Traveling Wave Reactor design, Molten Chloride Fast Reactor design and industrial and human health applications.
Vision
Our vision is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies that bring the world sustainable, affordable and safe energy, and create high-benefit products.
Values
We commit to develop innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. Our work is based on the guiding principles of trust, respect, integrity, open communication and teamwork.