# Nano Nuclear Energy Inc.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Dec 31, 2024

- Company: [Nano Nuclear Energy Inc.](/companies/nne.md) (CIK 1923891)
- Form: 10-Q
- Filed: 2025-02-13
- Accepted by EDGAR: Feb 13, 2025, 22:03 ET
- Period: 2024-12-31
- Accession: 0001493152-25-006474
- Inline XBRL: yes
- Main document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923891/000149315225006474/form10-q.htm
- All documents and exhibits: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1923891/000149315225006474/

## Figures reported in this filing

Standardized XBRL line items for the period ended 2024-12-31.

| Line item | Period | Value | XBRL concept |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Research and development | 3 months, 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-31 | $904.9k | us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense |
| Net income | 3 months, 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-31 | −$3.1m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Diluted EPS | 3 months, 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-31 | −$0.09 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted |
| Basic EPS | 3 months, 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-31 | −$0.09 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic |
| Diluted shares (weighted) | 3 months, 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-31 | 33,964,495 shares | us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding |
| Operating cash flow | 3 months, 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-31 | −$3.2m | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities |
| Cash and equivalents | at 2024-12-31 | $123.3m | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |
| Current assets | at 2024-12-31 | $128.5m | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent |
| Total assets | at 2024-12-31 | $134.1m | us-gaap:Assets |
| Current liabilities | at 2024-12-31 | $2.5m | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent |
| Total liabilities | at 2024-12-31 | $4.1m | us-gaap:Liabilities |
| Shareholders' equity | at 2024-12-31 | $130.1m | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity |

## Management's discussion and analysis

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*You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations of the unaudited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Report. Data as of and for the year ended September 30, 2024 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. Data as of and for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 has been derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements appearing in this Report. This following discussion contain forward-looking statements, such as those relating to our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, and beliefs, which involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in the section titled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this Report.*

*All references to “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to NANO Nuclear Energy Inc., a Nevada corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries unless the context requires otherwise.*

### Overview

We are an emerging, pre-revenue nuclear energy company, developing smaller, cheaper, and safer advanced portable clean energy solutions, utilizing proprietary reactor designs, intellectual property, and research methods, to contribute towards a sustainable future. Led by a world class scientific and management team, our business plan involves a comprehensive engagement across every sector of the nuclear power and energy industry, traversing the path from sourcing raw materials through to developing cutting edge advanced nuclear microreactors. Our dedication extends further, encompassing both commercial nuclear fuel transportation, the fuel supply chain, technology development, and consulting services.

Currently, we are in the pre-revenue stage and are principally focused on four business lines as part of our development strategy:

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| ● | Micro Nuclear Reactor Business. We are developing the next generation of advanced nuclear microreactors, in particular (i) ZEUS, a portable solid core battery reactor, (ii) ODIN, a portable low-pressure coolant reactor, (iii) the fixed installation KRONOS MMR™ Energy System and (iv) the space focused, portable LOKI MMR™ Through the collaboration of our world-renowned nuclear scientists and engineers, the U.S. national nuclear laboratories, and government support, we believe our reactors will have the potential to impact the global energy landscape. Our goal is to commercially launch one of these products by 2030-2031. |
|  | Our ZEUS and ODIN microreactors have moved from the design stages to physical test work stages, with materials testing, irradiation testing, and initial rig construction currently underway, to ensure the accuracy of our modelled reactors and to optimize the dimensions and composition of the systems. We have conducted and completed external design audits on both the ZEUS and ODIN reactor designs to provide external validation and assistance to our designs. The design audits for the reactors were conducted and completed by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). We are currently identifying sites for our prototype reactor for the purpose of conducting physical test work using nuclear material for both microreactors. We have communicated with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) and Department of Energy (“DOE”), informing them of the status of our microreactor designs and the estimated internal timelines for our microreactor developments, with an understanding that definite timelines will be provided once available, to allow the NRC to arrange the necessary personnel to oversee the microreactor licensing process. We increased the size of the technical teams during 2024 to expedite the development of the reactor systems, as well as recruiting former NRC personnel to oversee our regulatory licensing processes, and to engage directly with the NRC to facilitate the commercialization planning. |
|  | In addition, in August 2024, we purchased a 14,000 sq. ft., 2-story building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for $1.7 million to house our Nuclear Technology Headquarters. Michael Norato, Ph.D., an INL and DOE veteran, was appointed as our Director of Nuclear Facilities and Infrastructure in December 2024. Dr. Norato will oversee the construction, development and licensing of our key facilities, including our recently acquired 14,000 sq. ft. Oak Ridge, Tennessee Nuclear Technology Headquarters and future test bed reactor sites for experiments related to our ZEUS and ODIN microreactors currently in development. He will also lead the establishment of deconversion and fuel processing facilities, helping to further our goal of being a vertically integrated leader in the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle. We expect to increase the number of personnel working at the facility over the next year and expect to ultimately employ up to 30 personnel at the facility. We are also currently undertaking approximately $800 thousand dollars of renovation work to the facility as well. |
|  | Furthermore, in December 2024, we announced our execution of a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho Operations Office of the DOE setting forth a framework for the potential collaboration between our company and the DOE to evaluate constructing a demonstration reactor on a land package near INL. Through this memorandum, we will work with the DOE and Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, the current operator of INL (“BEA”), to progress the development, siting, and eventual testing of our innovative microreactor designs. We will continue to weigh the DOE site against all potential siting options to ensure the most appropriate reactor site is located for our prototype. |

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|  | On January 10, 2025, we closed the asset acquisition of the KRONOS MMR™ Energy System and the LOKI MMR™ from Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (“USNC”). These assets include certain contracts, intellectual property rights, prior demonstration projects, and pursuant to an arrangement with an affiliated entity described below, the equity interests of a Canadian entity, free and clear of any liens other than certain specified liabilities of USNC that were assumed, for a total purchase price of $8.5 million in cash through an auction conducted pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in connection with USNC’s pending Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. On December 18, 2024, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, the Bankruptcy Court overseeing USNC’s bankruptcy held a hearing where it approved the sale of the USNC Assets to us. The newly acquired technologies target new markets beyond those targeted by the ZEUS and ODIN reactors, which are designed for more remote locations, such as island and remote communities, remote industry such as mining projects or oil and gas. The KRONOS MMR™ Energy System reactor will target larger population centers, industrial heat for larger industries, data and artificial intelligence centers for the tech industry, and LOKI MMR™ will target extra-terrestrial applications. The diversity of products positions us to capitalize on growing financial investment and societal momentum driving advanced nuclear energy technologies on a global scale across multiple different areas. We will leverage our world-class technical team to analyze and optimize these technologies, key components, and intellectual property, before integrating them into its operational frameworks and ongoing innovation efforts. We also intend to build upon and strengthen the extensive industry relationships that USNC established during its operations. |
|  | The acquired assets specifically included five contracts with third-party collaborators, 38 issued, pending or published patents, including six issued and four pending or published U.S. utility patents and three issued and four pending Canadian utility patents, 16 registered, pending or published trademarks, and any other technology and intellectual property related to the acquired businesses, rights related to a demonstration project related to the KRONOS MMR™ Energy System in the United States and the business records of the acquired businesses and related confidentiality rights. We acquired these assets through two new wholly owned subsidiaries incorporated in Nevada. |
|  | The acquired assets also included certain Canadian assets (the “Canadian Assets”), including three contracts with Canadian authorities, the equity interests of a Canadian partnership and rights related to a demonstration project related to the KRONOS MMR™ Energy System in Canada, the transfer of which need the consent of certain Canadian governmental entities (the “Canadian Consents”), with an escrow of $250,000 deposited at the closing securing the Canadian Consents. If the Canadian Consents are not received within 90 days after the closing, we shall have the right to terminate the acquisition of the Canadian Assets and receive the return of $250,000 held in escrow. |
|  | To better facilitate the Canadian Consents and to continue diligence of the Canadian partnership and other Canadian Assets, our disinterested directors unanimously approved the assignment of our rights to the Canadian Assets to Jay Jiang Yu, our founder, President, Secretary and Treasurer, and Chairman of the Board, and certain Canadian entities owned or controlled by Mr. Yu (the “Yu Entities”). In exchange, on January 10, 2025, we entered into an option agreement (“Yu Option Agreement”) with Mr. Yu and Yu Entities, pursuant to which we received an option back from Mr. Yu and Yu Entities to acquire for nominal consideration, for a period of five years after the receipt by the Yu Entities of the Canadian Assets upon receiving the Canadian Consents, any or all of the equity interests of the Yu Entities or the Canadian partnership, the other Canadian Assets or the material assets and business of the Canadian partnership. |
|  | In January 2025, we entered into a lease for a facility in Westchester County, New York where we plan to establish a purpose-built demonstration facility to be used to demonstrate the operation and viability of several non-nuclear parts and components of our nuclear microreactors in development. We have committed several million dollars to retrofit this facility, which we anticipated becoming operational in the spring of 2025. The facility will also support ongoing work on our SBIR Phase III project for its Annular Linear Induction Pump (ALIP) technology. |
| ● | Fuel Processing Business. Through our subsidiary, HALEU Energy Fuel Inc., and in coordination with the DOE, we are seeking to develop a domestic LEU and HALEU fuel supply chain to supply fuel not only for our own reactors but also to the broader advanced nuclear reactor industry. We have tentatively identified the site we intend to construct the facilities and have begun to build the team to design and develop these facilities. |
|  | We have also made a $2 million strategic investment in and entered into a collaboration with a laser-based uranium enrichment technology company, LIS Technologies Inc. (“LIST”) (which is a related party), to support the development of their technology. Through this investment and related collaboration, we aim to assist in advancing LIST’s technologies to secure a reliable low enriched uranium fuel supply for our future operations and the broader nuclear energy industry. The parties intend that LIST will provide us with enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at no cost to be fabricated and sold to customers, with LIST to receive compensation as part of a profit-sharing arrangement to be agreed to between the companies in the future. Through collaboration with LIST, we intend to construct the supporting facilities alongside LIST’s enrichment facility, including the deconversion and fuel fabrication facilities. We also leased 7,000 square feet of space at our Nuclear Technology Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to LIST. Our relationship with LIST is considered a related party transaction since certain of our executive directors and officers, including Jay Jiang Yu, Jaisun Garcha, and Dr. Tsun Yee Law, also serve as directors and officers for LIST, and James Walker serves as a consultant to LIST. Our investment in LIST was unanimously approved by all of our disinterested independent directors. |
|  | In December 2024, we announced that LIST and our company were selected by the DOE to participate as one of six contract awardees in the DOE’s Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) Enrichment Acquisition Program (“LEU Acquisition Program”). Under the contract awarded to LIST, LIST was selected as the prime contractor, with our company as the key subcontractor bringing our technical and regulatory expertise in advanced nuclear solutions to the collaboration. LIST will oversee the development of the primary uranium enrichment processes using its novel laser technology, while our company will contribute towards development in the areas of fuel deconversion, fuel fabrication, and fuel transportation. The total overall amount appropriated under the LEU Acquisition Program across all six contract awardees is anticipated to be $3.4 billion, to be awarded by the DOE via agreed to task orders each having a minimum value of $2 million. |

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- ***Fuel Transportation Business.*** Our transportation business will build on existing work completed at INL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (“ORNL”) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (“PNNL”), the world’s premier U.S.-backed nuclear research facilities. We received an exclusive license for a high capacity HALEU fuel transportation basket design in April 2024, which will form the basis of a complete transportation system. This license grants us, as the licensee, exclusive rights for the use and development of the technology. In addition, the licensor is not permitted to license the technology to any other parties within the specified scope. We believe this technology is the most advanced concept in the United States for moving HALEU in commercial quantities. We are currently conducting work to modify the design to accommodate a variety of different fuel forms, so we are positioned to move fuel for both of our reactors and to enable us to provide transportation services to any nuclear company looking to move commercial quantities of fuel. In September 2024, we signed an agreement with GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH (“GNS”) to undertake a wide-ranging project to produce an optimized HALEU transportation system solution based on our exclusively licensed fuel transportation basket design. The GNS agreement encompasses a study for the transport of multiple HALEU nuclear fuel types, including uranium oxide, TRISO particles, uranium-zirconium hydride, uranium mononitride, and salt fuel for molten salt reactors, thus optimizing the quantity of material that can be transported and developing a conceptual package design that will accommodate the new basket design. We intend to obtain NRC certification for our high-capacity HALEU transportation system to move commercial quantities of HALEU fuel around North America and internationally. If developed and commercialized, we believe this product will serve as the basis for a domestic HALEU transportation company capable of providing commercial quantities of HALEU fuel. We hope to put our fuel transportation business into operation by 2028. We have also brought on two former United Parcel Service (UPS) executives, one of which works for our fuel transportation subsidiary, with the other sitting on our Executive Advisory Board, to assist in growing the transportation business around our technology.
- ***Nuclear Consultation Services.*** We also plan on providing nuclear service support and consultation services for the expanding and resurgent nuclear energy industry, both domestically and internationally. This includes, in coordination with the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre, the development of education resources. This business opportunity represents our nearest term revenue generating opportunity. Our goal is to start providing nuclear service support and consultation services for the nuclear energy industry in 2025, both domestically and internationally. As part of our efforts domestically, following our collaboration with Digihost Technology Inc. (“Digihost”) in December 2024, we expect to provide consulting services to Digihost beginning in the first quarter of 2025. These services will support the planning and execution of the Digihost project and will encompass regulatory advice, site assessment, roadmap development, and stakeholder engagement. In addition to these rendered services, we are examining strategic acquisitions to expand our business and consultancy services. We have commenced several material discussions with potential targets for such acquisitions, but as of the date of this Report we have not entered into any definitive agreements for such acquisitions. In combination with our intention to acquire existing revenue generating consultancy businesses, we are focusing on building our own internal nuclear consultation business in coordination with certain outside academic institutions, which we anticipate would require approximately $2 million over the next twelve months to recruit additional staff and build corresponding infrastructure to be capable of providing these services.

Our mission is to become a commercially focused, diversified and vertically integrated nuclear energy company that will capture market share in the very large and growing nuclear energy sector. To implement our plans, since our founding in 2022, our management has had constant communications with key U.S. government agencies, including the DOE, the INL and ORNL, which are a part of the DOE’s national nuclear laboratory system. Our company also maintains important collaborations with leading researchers from the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and The University of California, Berkeley.

### Overview of Operational Plan and Estimated Timelines for Corporate Achievements

Over the next twelve months, we will continue to progress the development of our advanced microreactors and our vertically integrated fuel processing business, with estimated expenditures to be approximately $40 million. This allocation comprises approximately $25 million dedicated to the research, development, and physical test work of our microreactors and other technologies, such as our fuel transportation system. A further allocation of approximately $10 million will be allocated to the development of our planned HALEU fuel processing facilities alongside LIST, the related-party uranium enrichment company with whom we collaborate and in which we have made a strategic investment. The remaining approximately $5 million is earmarked for miscellaneous costs essential to propelling the progress of our microreactors, encompassing the support of current personnel engaged in executive, finance, accounting, and other administrative functions. We may also utilize our cash resources raised in 2024 for acquisitions of complementary businesses or assets.

We estimate that our microreactor demonstration work for ODIN and ZEUS will be conducted between 2025 and 2027, our microreactor licensing application will be processed between 2026 and 2029, and our microreactors will be launched between 2030 and 2031. Given that we only recently acquired the KRONOS MMR and LOKI MMR systems, we are in the process of assessing and developing demonstration, licensing and commercial launch timelines for these assets. We also plan on providing nuclear service support and consultation services for the expanding and resurgent nuclear energy industry in 2025, both domestically and internationally. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there is no assurance that we can meet successfully the above-mentioned timelines. We are examining strategic acquisitions to expand our business and consultancy services. We have commenced several material discussions with potential targets for such acquisitions, but as of the date of this Report, we have not entered into any definitive agreements for such acquisitions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the outlined expenditures and the anticipated timelines for execution of our plans discussed above and throughout this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are estimations only. These are inherently subject to change due to certain factors, including adjustments in the microreactor development plan and uncertainties associated with the governmental licensing approval process. Given that these elements may exceed our initial expectations or lie beyond our control, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the actual expenditures and timelines.

As of the date of this Report, we have not generated any revenues. We have incurred accumulated net losses of $20,547,143 since inception through December 31, 2024.

### Factors and Trends Affecting Our Business and Results of Operations

#### Our Ability to Develop Our Microreactors

In 2022, we began designing our two next-generation advanced nuclear microreactors, ZEUS and ODIN. ZEUS, is a solid core battery reactor, and ODIN, is a low-pressure salt coolant reactor. We aim to complete the design and concept evaluation for these reactors in under a two-year timeframe, progress through demonstration and physical test work, and initiate the licensing, certification, and development processes required to build a licensed prototype. Our goal is to commercially launch one of these microreactors between 2030 and 2031. The success of this endeavor will be dependent on our ability to effectively utilize our relationship with the national laboratories and DOE to advance our microreactor designs through demonstration work and take advantage of the large capabilities offered by the existing national nuclear sites. We have conducted and completed a design audit on the ODIN reactor to provide assistance with design considerations. Additionally, the design audit for the ZEUS reactor was conducted and completed by INL in February 2024. The report was finalized and issued by INL, summarizing their findings for us to facilitate the development of the reactor. The technical reactor audit provides an external and neutral perspective to assist the advancement of the concepts and to validate the microreactors’ direction and technology.

With respect to the KRONOS MMR™ Energy System and the LOKI MMR™, given that we only recently acquired these assets, we are in the process of assessing and developing demonstration, licensing and commercial launch timelines for these assets. However, we believe the designs for these systems are fairly advanced, and our plan for 2025 is to leverage the efforts of USNC to date and develop more definitive schedules for these systems as we also work to integrate them and associated patents into our overall microreactor programs.

#### Development of Fuel Processing Business

We believe, based on our market research, that no small modular reactor (“SMR”) and microreactor company is currently developing an integrated non-TRISO CAT II fuel supply chain to produce fuel for their reactors. Our strategy to create the fuel for our own reactors will also position us to supply fuel to the wider nuclear industry and other reactor manufacturers, addressing anticipated significant shortfalls in fuel supply. A CAT III facility allows for the processing and handling of U235 up to 10% U235 enrichment, there are currently three groups in the U.S. authorized to operate a CAT III facility. A CAT II facility allows for the processing and handling of U235 up to 20% U235 enrichment. We believe, based on our market research, that we are progressing towards being the only non-TRISO CAT II facility operator in the country, giving our business an enormous competitive advantage for both reactor development and establishing multiple sources of future revenue to de-risk our company. Currently, we believe, based on our market research, that no SMR or microreactor has any sales revenue, inhibiting the ability for any reactor company to progress, we are building a different and more robust business model.

#### Development of Fuel Transportation Business

As we have developed our business, capability deficiencies in the U.S. nuclear industry that would affect the future operation of all SMR and microreactor companies became apparent, such as there exists no method of transporting commercial quantities of HALEU across North America. Our proactive approach to mitigate future impediments to our operations culminated in locating research and technology developed by INL, PNNL and ORNL, that had not been advanced because of budget constraints. We received an exclusive license for a high capacity HALEU fuel transportation basket design in April 2024, which will form the basis of a complete transportation package able to move the most commonly utilized fuel types. The license grants us, as the licensee, exclusive rights for the use and development of certain transportation technology. If developed and commercialized, we believe this product would be one of the few of its kind in North America and would serve as the basis for a domestic HALEU transportation company capable of providing commercial quantities of HALEU fuel.

We plan to establish a transportation business focused on the movement of both LEU and HALEU. Currently we are developing a regulatorily licensed, high-capacity HALEU transportation system, capable of moving commercial quantities of HALEU fuel around North America and beyond.

We are seeking to form the first transportation company able to supply all emerging SMR and microreactor companies with the fuel they require at their manufacturing facilities to construct their reactors. We also expect to service the national nuclear laboratories and DOE programs which require HALEU by providing the fuel for their programs. Mobile reactors requiring HALEU for remote military bases are also anticipated, with potential military contacts. During 2025, we plan to acquire land, or an existing transportation business, for our HALEU transportation base of operations. Our fuel transportation business will build on the work already completed by INL and ORNL to create a high-capacity HALEU transportation package, with 18 inner canisters, combined with a basket design and a borated aluminum flux trap. In September 2024, we signed an agreement with GNS to undertake a wide-ranging project to produce an optimized HALEU transportation system solution based on our exclusively licensed fuel transportation basket design. The GNS agreement encompasses a study for the transport of multiple HALEU nuclear fuel types, including uranium oxide, TRISO particles, uranium-zirconium hydride, uranium mononitride, and salt fuel for molten salt reactors, thus optimizing the quantity of material that can be transported and developing a conceptual package design that will accommodate the new basket design. We are receiving support from two former executives of the largest shipping company in the world who are assisting us in developing a North American transportation company using our licensed or developed technology to deliver (subject to applicable government licensing and certification) nuclear fuel for a wide customer base, including SMR and microreactor companies, national laboratories, military, and DOE programs.

#### Our Business Services and Consulting Business

We have identified an opportunity for more immediate revenue for our company by acquiring more expertise to advance our businesses and deploying those personnel as part of a consulting and services business. We have already identified several nuclear business services and consultancy providers, which have been assessed as potentially suitable for acquisition by our company. We have concentrated on identifying small teams with expert personnel, with good portfolios of work and existing contracts, and good expansion potential, which would provide us with immediate revenue post-acquisition. We believe we are in a competitively advantageous position to expand these acquired businesses with the highly qualified teams it has built over the previous years. This expansion potential can be further complimented by the education programs we are assembling with the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre, part of the University of Cambridge, which will involve the sponsorship of MSc and PhD Nuclear programs to produce the next generation of qualified nuclear energy personnel. Part of our education sponsorship programs will involve providing work to the qualifying individuals after they have completed their programs, allowing for further expansion of the nuclear services we are able to offer clients. In furtherance of this effort, in early August 2024 we announced that we have joined the University of Cambridge Nuclear Industry Club to further our collaboration with Cambridge and our efforts to foster and recruit the next generation of nuclear researchers and engineers. With an expanded team we plan to retain with a portion of the proceeds from our 2024 public offerings, we will market our expertise and deploy consultants to both government and private industry nuclear projects. Consultants will be hired out for either hourly rates, or for contractual periods and weekly or monthly rates depending on the project type and scope. The acquisitions and their subsequent expansions will also provide in-house expertise, at greatly reduced costs, which we can utilize for our own research and development, streamlining our company while expanding our technical and human capital capacity.

#### Regulatory Approvals

The regulatory licensing process for our microreactor prototypes is expected to be completed by 2030 or 2031, with manufacturing facilities being constructed during the licensing phase so we are ready to deploy microreactors across the country upon licensing approval. Initial NRC contact will involve early communication from us of the estimated company timelines, so that the regulator can secure the required number of personnel to successfully examine the microreactors. Our ability to successfully license and certify our microreactors will subsequently be dependent on working through the licensing process with the NRC and satisfying their examinations that the reactor is safe to deploy to customers, provided the agreed protocols are adhered to. Our ability to successfully design and construct our own commercial nuclear HALEU fuel fabrication facility will be dependent on obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals from the NRC to permit the commercial deployment of the microreactors. The U.S. NRC inspects the site construction at new fuel cycle facilities and only approves the facility’s capability to possess nuclear material after ensuring that the facility’s safety controls are robust and able to safely handle these materials. Fuel cycle facilities must comply with the regulatory requirements established by the NRC. The facility will need to acquire an NRC license containing site-specific requirements that the facility is required to comply with. Each license is unique and is specific to the nuclear material and hazards present at the fuel cycle facility. To obtain a license will involve a lot of communication between the NRC and our company. NRC safety oversight includes three important components: NRC inspection, the routine assessment of each licensee’s performance, and enforcement in the case that the regulatory requirements are not met. Our company and INL have identified the potential site and will work with the NRC through the process established under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, which will begin when a federal agency develops a proposal to take a major federal action. We have engaged with the DOE and contacted the NRC to advance our fuel fabrication facility construction intentions. We began scoping studies and cost estimation work for our fuel fabrication facility in late 2023, with site identification and design team building beginning in 2024, coinciding with engaging experienced licensing and regulatory experts to plan the licensing strategy for developing the facilities. Initial site preparation and construction work is estimated to begin in 2025, with completion of construction and commissioning of a facility occurring nearer 2030.

#### Technology Acquisitions and Collaborations

During 2024, we have made announcements regarding our acquisition of a complementary nuclear pump technology (the ALIP technology) as well as non-binding memoranda of understanding with third party collaborators to explore the use of our microreactors in remote artificial intelligence data centers and the use of artificial intelligence in modernizing the nuclear regulatory and licensing process. We expect that a material aspect of our business will involve continuing to develop, identify or seek to collaborate on, or acquire novel and beneficial technology for our company. Our inability to growth our company through such acquisition or collaborations could have a material adverse effect on our business.

### Results of Operations

We are an early-stage company, and our historical results may not be indicative of our future results. Accordingly, the drivers of our future financial results, as well as the components of such results, may not be comparable to our historical or future results of operations.

### Comparison of the Three Months Ended December 31, 2024, and the Three Months Ended December 31, 2023

### Revenue

We have not generated any revenue from our inception through December 31, 2024.

### Expenses

#### Research and Development Expense

Our research and development expenses represent costs incurred for designing and engineering products, including the costs of developing design tools. All research and development costs related to product development are expensed as incurred.

Research and development expenses increased by $384,907, or 74%, to $904,923 for the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared to $520,016 for the comparative period ended December 31, 2023, primarily due to our increased research and development of our microreactors during the three months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023. Research and development expenses primarily reflect the internal and external personnel costs corresponding to the design and analysis of our microreactors as well as the costs to acquire technology and other assets from third parties.

#### General and Administrative Expense

Our general and administrative expenses consist of compensation costs for personnel in executive, finance, accounting, and other administrative functions. General and administrative expenses also include legal fees, professional fees paid for accounting, auditing, consulting services, advertising costs, and insurance costs.

General and administrative expenses increased by $1,665,674, or 201%, to $2,494,570 for the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared to $828,896 for the comparative period ended December 31, 2023, primarily due to additional office and staff costs to support our research and development activities during the three months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023. During the three months ended December 31, 2024, general and administrative expenses primarily consisted of $0.8 million in personnel costs and $0.6 million in legal expenses. During the period ended December 31, 2023, general and administrative primarily consisted of $0.4 million in personnel costs.

#### Revaluation of contingent consideration

Revaluation of contingent consideration corresponds to equity based contingent consideration corresponding to the ALIP technology we acquired which is revalued at the end of each financial quarter based on the closing stock price of our common shares.

The revaluation of contingent consideration was $524,250 for the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared to $0 for the comparative period ended December 31, 2023, as a result of our acquisition of the ALIP technology on June 21, 2024.

#### Other Income

During the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company earned interest income of $789,381 and $34,967, respectively, on its cash held at a financial institution. Also during the three months ended December 31, 2024, the Company earned $21,000 from a lease agreement from a related party.

### Liquidity and Capital Resources

We believe that our existing cash will fund our current operating and research and development plans through at least the next twelve months from the date of this Report. Although we have negative operating cash outflows of $3,242,526 for the three months ended December 31, 2024, and $1,106,733 for the three months ended December 31, 2023, we had approximately $123.3 million in cash as of December 31, 2024 (compared to approximately $28.5 million as of September 30, 2024) and working capital of approximately $125.9 million as of December 31, 2024 (compared to approximately $27.5 million as of September 30, 2024). In addition, we received approximately $8.0 million from exercises of warrants, $1.2 million from exercises of stock options, and net proceeds of approximately $92.3 million from our October 2024 Follow-on Offering, October 2024 Follow-on Over-allotment Option, and November 2024 Private Placement.

However, the future development of our business towards ultimate commercialization of our products will require significant amounts of cash resources. Since we do not anticipate generating meaningful revenues for several years, we intend to finance our future cash requirements for capital expenditures, research and development and business development activities and general working capital through public or private equity or debt financings, third-party (including government) funding, or any combination of these approaches. If we raise additional funds through further issuances of equity or equity-linked instruments, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution. Moreover, no assurances can be given that we will be able to raise required funding on favorable terms, if at all, and our inability to raise additional funding when needed could have a material adverse effect on our company and results of operations and could cause our business to fail.

### Going Concern

As part of issuing our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we evaluated whether there were any conditions and events that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern over the twelve months after the date the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses, and have an accumulated deficit of approximately $20.5 million and negative operating cash flow during the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. Management expects that operating losses and negative cash flows may increase from the 2024 levels because of additional costs and expenses related to our research and development activities. Our continued solvency is dependent upon our ability to obtain additional working capital to complete our reactor development, to successfully market our reactors and to achieve commerciality for our reactors.

To date, we have not generated any revenue. We do not expect to generate any revenue unless and until we are able to commercialize our reactors. We will require additional capital to develop our reactors and to fund operations for the foreseeable future. We expect our costs to increase in connection with advancement of our reactors toward commercialization. While we believe that our existing cash may be sufficient to support the development of our reactors in the near-term, certain costs are not reasonably estimable at this time and we may require additional funding.

Management is of the opinion that sufficient working capital is available to meet our company’s liabilities and commitments as they come due for at least the next twelve months after the date the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued to conform to the going concern uncertainty period. In order to achieve our company’s long-term strategy, our company expects to raise additional capital or secure other sources of financing to support its growth.

### Summary Statement of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2024, and the Three Months Ended December 31, 2023

The following table sets forth the primary sources and uses of cash for the periods presented below:

|  | For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 | For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Net cash used in operating activities | $(3,242,526) | $(1,106,733) |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (3,560,000) | - |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 101,562,942 | 2,051,437 |
| Net increase in cash | $94,760,416 | $944,704 |

#### Cash Flows used in Operating Activities

Net cash used by operating activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was $3,242,526, which consisted of our net loss of $3,113,362, net of non-cash items of $63,894, and net of changes in working capital accounts of negative $193,058.

Net cash used by operating activities for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was $1,106,733, which consisted of our net loss of $1,313,945, and net of changes in working capital accounts of $207,212.

Our cash used in operating activities increased by $2,135,793 during the three months ended December 31, 2024, due to an increase in net loss and changes in working capital accounts. The significant increase in cash used in operating activities during the three months ended December 31, 2024, when compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023, was primarily due to increased research and development activities, additional office and staff costs to support our research and development activities, and additional legal expenses during the three months ended December 31, 2024 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023.

#### Cash Flows used in Investing Activities

Net cash used by investing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was $3,560,000, representing the payment of deposits towards the acquisition of the USNC Assets that closed subsequent to December 31, 2024.

Net cash used by operating activities for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was $0.

#### Cash Flows provided by Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was $101,562,943, which consisted of $110,621,798 in cash received from the issuance of shares of Common Stock less $9,058,855 in offering costs.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was $2,051,437, which consisted of cash received for stock subscriptions in advance as the consideration for the corresponding issuance of shares of Common Stock.

#### Commitments

We are a party to one long-term operating lease for our corporate headquarters. We have one lease commitment corresponding to our corporate headquarters as of December 31, 2024 and as of September 30, 2024. Our corporate headquarters is located at 10 Times Square, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10018, covering approximately 7,800 square feet. We lease this space for $33,605 per month whereby the monthly lease rent will increase by 2.5% on an annual basis. The lease has a term ending on July 31, 2031.

In January 2025, we entered a lease for space to be used as a demonstration facility in Westchester County, New York for $17,000 per month with the lease term ending on December 31, 2030. We can terminate this lease by providing seven months’ prior notice.

#### Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2024, and September 30, 2024, we have not engaged in any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in the rules and regulations of the SEC.

## Market risk

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We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.

## Controls and procedures

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#### Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the period ended December 31, 2024, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2024. Accordingly, our management believes that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report present fairly in all material respects our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our SEC filing reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

#### Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended December 31, 2024, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

## Risk factors

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We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.

Filed Feb 13, 2025.
Source: SEC EDGAR, the filing index for accession 0001493152-25-006474. Last ingested by Listed: Oct 24, 2026, 15:06 ET. No prices; not investment advice.