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

[pc2g4d]

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...

[porker]

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.

[brianbreslin]

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

[rossport]

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

[stupandaus]

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