• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Francesco Venneri

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Francesco Venneri

CEO & Founder

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation

With over 30 years of experience as a Nuclear Engineering and Plasma Physics specialist, Dr. Venneri founded Ultra-Safe Nuclear Corporation in 2011, serving initially as the Director and then CEO of the corporation. Previously, he held positions including Chief Scientist and Project Leader of the transmutation of nuclear waste (ATW) project at Los Alamos National Laboratories and Chief Scientist within the Energy Group (fission systems) at General Atomics. His research achievements include advancements in the concept of Deep Burn for nuclear waste in HTGR units. Dr. Venneri is also a co-inventor of Fully Ceramic Microencapsulate (FCM) nuclear fuel and holds degrees in physics, mechanical engineering, and nuclear engineering.

Dr. Francesco Venneri received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1988 with a Dense Plasma Focus on magnetized plasmas, x-ray production and diagnostics. He continued on to a postdoctoral research position at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in Physics performing MST fusion experiments, density and temperature diagnostics. Dr. Venneri lives in Seattle with his family.

Sessions With Francesco Venneri

Monday, 18 March