# Jamie Kloncz

> Jamie Kloncz is the founder of RankShield Energy, leading the HELIX microreactor pre-application program and its verification-first approach to reactors.

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# Jamie Kloncz
Founder, RankShield Energy

Jamie Kloncz is the founder of RankShield Energy, where he leads the HELIX microreactor pre-application program and the company's verification-first approach to advanced-reactor operations.
RankShield Energy is a nuclear reactor developer in pre-application engagement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), having filed a letter of intent in August 2026. A project number has been requested and has not yet been assigned. Its work centers on a question the advanced-reactor field has not yet answered for buyers: as reactors move toward autonomous and remotely operated designs, how does an independent party confirm, and prove to a regulator, insurer, lender, or grid operator, that a reactor is doing what its operator says it is. The HELIX reactor is the reference design for that verification-first approach and is under development within that licensing program.
Jamie writes the RankShield Energy resource guides on microreactor verification, autonomy and NRC Part 57, cybersecurity, and the licensing process. Every guide is written to authoritative sources, the NRC, the Department of Energy, the IAEA, and the national laboratories, and states plainly where the company's own design is a target rather than a proven result.
A note on authorship and status
Articles bylined here reflect RankShield Energy's own perspective as a developer at the pre-application stage. Nothing on this site is a representation that any RankShield Energy design is NRC-approved, licensed, or certified. Reactor descriptions reflect design intent and are subject to analysis, testing, and regulatory review.
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