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Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Oklo selects Kiewit for construction of first Aurora Powerhouse
Following the signing of a new agreement, Kiewit Nuclear Solutions, a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation, is officially the lead constructor for Oklo’s first commercial Aurora powerhouse, which will be built at Idaho National Laboratory.
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Ben Goodrich has spent his career in nuclear-adjacent technology development. As a Director, Ben leads a farrago of business functions including Strategy, Business Development, and Sales within TerraPower Isotopes, an emerging global supplier of actinium-225 used with radioligand therapy for cancer treatments. His expertise includes commercialization, deal structuring and negotiation, financial modeling, clinical trials forecasting, and isotope demand planning.
Ben has enjoyed over a decade of leading technical projects and turning ideas into reality at TerraPower. Prior to TerraPower, Ben worked at Idaho National Laboratory within the Technology Transfer and Commercialization Office.
Ben earned an MBA from Idaho State University and an undergrad from BYU-Idaho. He holds PMP, CVA, and CLP credentials and has multiple patents on hydrocarbon fractionation and liquefaction using super-critical CO2.
Ben currently lives in Northwest Montana with his wife and four children. In his spare time, Ben leads outdoor adventure trips with teenagers and does regular hands-on ‘research’ to find the best trout flies.
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