Steve Rhyne - Founder & CEO
Steve Rhyne, NuGen’s CEO, is the inventor of NuGen’s 10 NuGen patents. He has 2 decades of advanced nuclear experience and studied nuclear engineering at West Point. His broad professional background includes service in the US Army in Vietnam and Germany, a broad corporate and M&A legal practice, and law firm executive and leadership roles. View LinkedIn. He is a member of ANPEG (sponsored by MIT’s Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems), which focuses on promoting “fission batteries,” also known as “plug and play.” He is the co-author of “A Central Facility Concept for Nuclear Microreactor Maintenance and Fuel Cycle Management,” Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Volume 56, Issue 3, (2024), among other publications.
Pavel Tsvetkov - Advisor
Pavel Tsvetkov has worked with NuGen since 2011 and continues as an advisor. He is a coinventor on certain of the NuGen patents. Pavel is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and his research interests include system analysis & optimization methods, complex engineered systems, system design, symbiotic nuclear energy systems, waste minimization, high temperature gas reactors (HTGRs) & co-generation systems, and direct nuclear energy conversion systems. Read more.