Frequently Asked Questions

Hadron Energy is scheduled to go public via a $1.2B business combination with GigCapital7 Corp. in the Q12026, becoming the first publicly listed light-water nuclear micro modular reactor company. The business combination is expected to provide approximately $200 million in net proceeds after transaction expenses, to be used to accelerate the MMR design engineering, and support the commercial deployment of Hadron’s technology. The combined company will be listed on the US national exchange under the symbol “HDRN.” With power demand continuing to increase rapidly, nuclear energy is re-emerging as a compelling solution to today’s requirements for safe, reliable and cost-efficient energy.

Hadron is executing a strategic, de-risked licensing approach, designed for rapid commercialization. In October 2025, the NRC accepted for review Hadron’s Quality Assurance Program Description (QAPD) Topical Report, a critical step in the regulatory foundation. Hadron maintains active engagement with the NRC through a dual-track pathway, pursuing both Manufacturing and Combined Licenses to enable standardized, fleet-scale deployment. Hadron’s competitive advantage lies in regulatory efficiency by using conventional fuel forms and light-water technology, familiar to NRC staff, avoiding the lengthy and expensive fuel qualification studies required of other fuels that are not currently approved by the NRC.  Hadron is also leveraging industry-standard methodologies for fuel handling and transportation, significantly reducing the regulatory uncertainty.  

Hadron is adopting the NRC’s emerging “Nth-of-a-Kind” licensing framework for serial manufacturing, positioning the company to license reactors at scale, rather than as one-off approvals. Through proactive submission of White Papers and Topical Reports addressing fuel strategy, Principal Design Criteria and safety analysis methods, Hadron is targeting an efficient 18-month review cycle for license issuance in 2029 and commercial operations in 2030.

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While the US leads the world in the production of nuclear power, it gets most of its uranium from foreign sources. Different levels of enriched uranium U-235 are used to fuel nuclear reactors: naval reactors use highly enriched uranium at >90% enrichment, while large commercial reactors use low-enriched uranium at 5% enrichment. Hadron MMR uses Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+) enriched to 8% U-235, which provides for longer operating cycles with optimal power output. The lower enriched fuel fits into the current regulatory framework and would not require a lengthy qualification process. The Hadron MMR will be transported without fuel and fueled on-site.

Yes. Light-water Reactors have been proven during 70+ years of operation to be exceptionally safe. Hadron MMRs are installed vertically in the ground with light-water cooling systems to provide maximum protection to the health and safety of the public. Designed to deliver 10 MWe of power, Hadron MMRs are designed to be smaller, more cost-effective and faster to deploy than other proposed exotic fuel and coolant MMRs and Small Nuclear Reactors (SMRs). The revolutionary design of Hadron’s MMR allows its reactor module to be transportable via truck or train, providing a versatile deployment model for end users.

The Hadron Halo^TM is a compact, factory-built light-water reactor that will deliver continuous, carbon-free power for up to 10 years without refueling with a 50-year useful life. It will be the world’s first micro modular light-water nuclear reactor with portability to meet market demands. Each Hadron MMR generates 10 MWe of power and measures 3x12 meters per reactor module. As the reactors are modular in design, assembled in a production facility and then transported via truck or train to a site. Multiple units can be deployed at one site to meet market power needs as they grow.

Hadron engineers have rapidly iterated through many design-analyze-build-test cycles to optimize the core and plant design to be the world’s smallest, most efficient, reliable reactor that provides power in modular units. As Hadron is planning to mass manufacture the MMRs, the costs will dramatically be reduced by the number of reactors produced on the factory assembly line.

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There is a promising market surge in the demand for safe, reliable and cost-efficient energy to power emerging AI data centers, military base applications, remote communities or sites, island nations and industrial applications. The size of the small and micro power market is expected to grow to USD $7.69B by 2030 (Grandview Research).

Hadron has an exemplary Leadership Team with decades of experience in the operation of nuclear power plants, NRC licensing, patent -generation, nuclear power plant design, fuel design, quality assurance and testing. The highly experienced experts are joined by a team of bright, advancing nuclear and mechanical engineers.

Sam Gibson, a serial entrepreneur, mechanical engineer and engineering leadership graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, founded Hadron Energy in July 2024, with the mission of filling the gap to provide highly reliable light-water micro modular new nuclear reactors that can lower costs and carbon emissions, while increasing the availability of 24/7 reliable power. He chose the LWR model due to its proven, streamlined and strong performance record which will speed up licensing, building and market delivery time. Sam has received numerous awards and accolades, including Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2026; Forbes Technology Council; Advisory Council member of the Harvard Business Review; National Innovation Scholar and National Merit Scholar-Beta Theta Pi. When Hadron Energy issues its public offering in the 1^st Quarter of 2026, Sam Gibson will be the youngest Founder and CEO to take a company public.

Hadron’s safety-first, light-water (LWR) design is proven by 70-years of operational history from more than 400 light-water reactors globally, and a well-established licensing framework that will be streamlined for MMRs. All 94 commercial nuclear operating power plants in the U.S. are light-water designs. Hadron is a “low-consequence reactor” that poses very low risk to the health and safety of the public, with no exotic fuels or coolants that introduce complex operations. Hadron’s LWR micro modular reactors are designed to be easy to build, operate, maintain, inspect, and scale.

Hadron is an innovative new energy company designing and mass-producing nuclear MMRs that can be provided in single or multiple units of 10 MWe to meet varying power needs, anywhere, anytime. Currently, there is not a single MMR in commercial use. Hadron is filling this critical gap in the market by designing and deploying MMRs that can safely provide 24/7 uninterrupted power for many years in a cost-effective manner.

Hadron is revolutionizing access to 24/7 abundant power by building 10 MWe light-water micro modular reactors (MMRs) that can be mass manufactured at scale, and transported easily to deliver cost-effective, environmentally safe and sustainable nuclear power to meet the high demand from emerging markets, including: AI data and other industrial centers, military bases, and remote communities.