About Earth
Our Mission
Our mission is to develop and deploy nuclear-based power generating equipment that is safe, commercially competitive, and simple to use. We are committed to bringing safe, reliable, and secure nuclear energy to world markets.
USNC is a new energy company. We vertically integrate all the stages of 4th Generation nuclear power production, strictly adhering to safety principles, through technology innovation in fuels, materials, and design practices.
USNC is based in Seattle (WA) and operates globally, employing more than 50 people. USNC has development, engineering, licensing, and marketing teams with subsidiaries in South Africa, Canada, Europe/UK, and South Korea. USNC has cooperation agreements with well-established nuclear suppliers and nuclear construction and operation companies in the U.S., Canada, South Korea, and the UK.
Our People
- Francesco Venneri, CEO
- Ritesh Budree, CFO
- Mark Mitchell, Vice President, Commercial Nuclear (USNC-Power)
- Wendy Simon-Pearson, General Counsel
- Matt Richards, Senior Technical Advisor
- Ziemowit Iwanski, Senior Commercial Development Advisor
- Pam Apps, COO (USNC-Power)
- Pieter Venter, Director for Nuclear Heat Supply System (USNC-Power)
- Won Jae Lee, Director for Core Design (USNC-Power)
- Niel Kemp, Director for Power Plant Engineering (USNC-Power)
- Junaid Razvi, Director for Licensing (USNC-Power)
- Mark Davies, Director for Fuel & Materials Qualification (USNC-Power)
- Ken Darlington, Director for Market Development (USNC-Power)
- Dominique Hittner, Director for Technology Development (USNC-Power)
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USNC is a Global Team

Seattle, Washington
Global Head Office
Salt Lake City, Utah
Next Generation Fuel and Moderator Types, Production of Near-Term FCM™ for Irradiation
Toronto, Canada
Global First Power Business and Market Development
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Business Management, Federal Projects
Knoxville, Tennessee
Maturation of Mass Production Technology for the FCM™ Fuel
Manchester, UK
UK Market, AMR Program
Paris, France
European Market, Gemini+ programme
Pretoria, South Africa
MMR™ Reactor Plant Engineering
Daejeon, South Korea
MMR™ Technology Development
USNC
- 6 countries
- 4 continents
- 50 engineers
Industrial Partners
- 2 world-leading industrial partners with experience in heavy machinery and modularization
R & D Partners
- 3 major research facilities /
government laboratories - 7 university research units
Company Timeline
2011
Founded USNC
2015
Secured seed round funding
2016
Secured seed round funding
Opened USNC South Africa
2017
Identified new markets in UK and Poland
2018
Opened USNC UK
Opened USNC South Korea