- nuclear power is important to shift off of fossil powers
- nuclear engineering = how do we take these reactions to benefit people
- nuclear physics = study of what goes on in the nucleus
- applied physics and math overlaps
- be careful with founders and investors, make sure they are emotionally aligned
- do business pitch competitions
- graceful failure if you must
- take classes outside of major
- steady state nuclear reaction to heat water -> generator for electricity (fancy way for boil water)
- nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus
- there's a huge gap in super-old nuclear engineers and young nuclear engineers bc Chernobyl made people not want to go in the field