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The spark of the Super: Teller–Ulam and the birth of the H-bomb—rivalry, credit, and legacy at 75 years
In early 1951, Los Alamos scientists Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam devised a breakthrough that would lead to the hydrogen bomb [1]. Their design gave the United States an initial advantage in the Cold War, though comparable progress was soon achieved independently in the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) SPeaker
Founder of nuclear energy start-up Karnfull (“The World’s most Innovative Nuclear Start-Up” / WNE23) and an award-winning entrepreneur, marketeer and tech evangelist – with a knack for storytelling and building products and services that put the user experience center stage.
After 10+ years of management positions in FinTech with neobanks disrupting and improving the UX in traditional banking services, John decided to carry that mindset across into the carbon-free energy space to reboot the atomic era in Sweden and beyond.
With Karnfull he’s rapidly built a brand and company group that accelerates, popularises and enhances nuclear in order for it to play its pivotal role in the Nordic region reaching Paris goals.
Karnfull Energy is the digital-first electricity supplier disrupting Scandinavian markets with affordable, hourly-variable 100% nuclear tariffs. Karnfull Next is Europe’s first SMR project developer, establishing co-located SMR campuses across Sweden.
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