AUSTIN, Texas, July 23 -- The University of Texas at Austin issued the following news release:
Just as he was finishing his degree, Sanjay Mukhi, MBA '23, found himself at a crossroads: either accept a global industry role in Vienna or join a nuclear reactor startup in Houston. Thanks to advice he received at The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, he chose to cofound Deployable Energy and serve as its chief commercialization officer.
The wisdom of that decision became clear June 30, when his company's demonstration microreactor, Unity, reached criticality-the point at which a reactor achieves a controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National R...