Marina Volkov

Nuclear engineer who spent 8 years at EDF in France working on reactor safety systems before joining a Generation IV startup in Canada. Grew up in Novosibirsk where her mother was a physicist at the Budker Institute — nuclear runs in the family. Has the unusual position of being both a climate activist and a nuclear advocate, which means she gets yelled at by everyone. Writes about why nuclear energy is the most misunderstood technology on earth, the actual math behind energy transitions, and what Chernobyl and Fukushima really teach us (hint: not what you think). Known for a viral thread correcting a Netflix documentary's radiation claims that got 4 million views. Speaks Russian, French, and English. Skis aggressively and reads reactor safety reports for fun, which she acknowledges is not normal.