Adam Stein
Director, Nuclear Energy Innovation
Breakthrough Institute
Adam Stein Ph.D. is the Director of the Nuclear Energy Innovation program at the Breakthrough Institute. He focuses on nuclear energy's technology, policy, risk, and economics. He also studies complex interdisciplinary systems and decision-making in risk, resilience, and clean energy systems.
He has spent almost twenty years in the energy sector as an engineer, researcher, and consultant. The Electric Power Research Institute has published him; he has also presented to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and contributed to many high-profile projects, including the first-ever license application for an advanced nuclear reactor in the U.S. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University where his research focused on changing the paradigm for emergency preparedness and response for nuclear facilities. Before studying at Carnegie Mellon, he completed an MBA from IUP and studied Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.