Katie Mummah, PhD
@nuclearkatie.com
Nuclear engineer. nuclear: reactors, history, waste, nonproliferation, humor. "Tells uranium's life story". Lives in New Mexico. Formerly UW-Madison & UIUC. Outdoors when I'm not working. Views mine alone, likes/rt not endorsements. she/her
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(this is a joke I don't think anyone should make a vapor core reactor company)
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
(this is a joke I don't think anyone should make a vapor core reactor company)
I would like the founder types to get out of nuclear and the people who actually want to build new reactors to stop diluting the money/talent of the field and coalesce on a few companies that actually have a chance of succeeding
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I would like the founder types to get out of nuclear and the people who actually want to build new reactors to stop diluting the money/talent of the field and coalesce on a few companies that actually have a chance of succeeding
Most of these founder types should be building a B2B software company, I said what I said
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Most of these founder types should be building a B2B software company, I said what I said
You should only allowed to found a new nuclear startup if you're gonna design a reactor no one else is currently designing, like a supercritical water reactor or a vapor-core
If you're about to found another HALEU TRISO gas-cooled reactor startup, can I recommend not doing that???? I'm tired
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You should only allowed to found a new nuclear startup if you're gonna design a reactor no one else is currently designing, like a supercritical water reactor or a vapor-core
If you're about to found another HALEU TRISO gas-cooled reactor startup, can I recommend not doing that???? I'm tired
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you're about to found another HALEU TRISO gas-cooled reactor startup, can I recommend not doing that???? I'm tired
Every day I learn about another new nuclear startup (derogatory)
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every day I learn about another new nuclear startup (derogatory)
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rip to slotin but i'm different
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
rip to slotin but i'm different
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Beautiful color photo of Phoebus 1B Nuclear Rocket Engines developed by Los Alamos
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Beautiful color photo of Phoebus 1B Nuclear Rocket Engines developed by Los Alamos
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NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine
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Okay, this is the part I missed: The DJ is a parish priest. This is a ministry. (And I bet it works.)
Make ye a joyful noise unto the Lord.
youtu.be/vuoJhY7cuis?...
(This is long, but give it at least 5 minutes.)
Make ye a joyful noise unto the Lord.
youtu.be/vuoJhY7cuis?...
(This is long, but give it at least 5 minutes.)
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Okay, this is the part I missed: The DJ is a parish priest. This is a ministry. (And I bet it works.)
Make ye a joyful noise unto the Lord.
youtu.be/vuoJhY7cuis?...
(This is long, but give it at least 5 minutes.)
Make ye a joyful noise unto the Lord.
youtu.be/vuoJhY7cuis?...
(This is long, but give it at least 5 minutes.)
I've had travel paid for but never direct compensation (nor seen an opportunity that would/could develop into that) so I get it. The shill opportunities are non-existent!
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I've had travel paid for but never direct compensation (nor seen an opportunity that would/could develop into that) so I get it. The shill opportunities are non-existent!
To be clear, I don't work for the CIA. We were interns together at a national lab years ago
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
To be clear, I don't work for the CIA. We were interns together at a national lab years ago
I have a former colleague that quit the CIA to be an artist!
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I have a former colleague that quit the CIA to be an artist!
Ok I very much want to land my own cool crazy job someday so please give me all the tips you got
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Ok I very much want to land my own cool crazy job someday so please give me all the tips you got
Whenever I struggle at work I have a strong urge to Google "what jobs are good for idiots with nuclear engineering phds", is this normal?
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Whenever I struggle at work I have a strong urge to Google "what jobs are good for idiots with nuclear engineering phds", is this normal?
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I LOVE E-BIKES I LOVE GOING TO THE FARMERS MARKET AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT PARKING I LOVE ALMOST DYING BY VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER 😌🥳
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I LOVE E-BIKES I LOVE GOING TO THE FARMERS MARKET AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT PARKING I LOVE ALMOST DYING BY VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER 😌🥳
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the most important part of boba is to always suck SUPER hard to get the last ones that are stuck in the ice. this way they go *right* into your trachea and you die
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
the most important part of boba is to always suck SUPER hard to get the last ones that are stuck in the ice. this way they go *right* into your trachea and you die
I'm still getting these emails??? I appear to have ended up on some recruiting mailing list for veterinarians (DVM)
I promise my PhD is nothing like a DVM
I promise my PhD is nothing like a DVM
Today I got an email recruiting me for a..... veterinary position?
#notthatkindofdoctor
#notthatkindofdoctor
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I'm still getting these emails??? I appear to have ended up on some recruiting mailing list for veterinarians (DVM)
I promise my PhD is nothing like a DVM
I promise my PhD is nothing like a DVM
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I just finished tolling a bell 29 times at St Paul’s Episcopal in Duluth
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I just finished tolling a bell 29 times at St Paul’s Episcopal in Duluth