From Wasteland to Fund-Maker: A Contrarian Bet in Nuclear Waste Cleanup

https://medium.com/@lux_capital/from-wasteland-to-fund-maker-4c7aab08c45f#.8ylbz41dq

by jeffreyw5000 • 10 years ago

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stupandaus• 10 years ago

Really interesting take on energy, especially relative to over-concentration in cleantech that other investors bought into at the time

rossport• 10 years ago

Very inspiring article. Great thesis backed with excellent execution - very impressive work from a vc.

pc2g4d• 10 years ago

Vitrification has been around for decades.[1] And the fact that they seem to be taking complete credit for cleaning up Fukishima (as if it were completely cleaned up) is ridiculous.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield#Waste_Vitrification...

brianbreslin• 10 years ago

I'm curious how much they have contributed to the cleanup.

ChuckMcM2• 10 years ago

As am I, reports of widespread wildlife dying? Seems hard to believe when nobody else reported it.

porker• 10 years ago

Yep. If you dig deeper, much of their technology has been acquired from takeovers - the vitrification from Impact Services in 2012, more robotics expertise from Oxford Technologies in 2015.. the list goes on.

The overstatements in this 'article' leave a very bad impression of Kurion and Lux Capital.

From Wasteland to Fund-Maker: A Contrarian Bet in Nuclear Waste Cleanup

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