Ross Koningstein

In 2014 I went to my managers with an audacious proposal: Let’s create a nuclear energy research and development group at Google. I didn’t get laughed out of the room, maybe because Google has a storied history of supporting exploratory research. While I did not propose that Google build a nuclear lab, I felt certain that we could contribute in other ways. I had some credibility within the company. I joined Google in 2000 as