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Mark Nelson Will Use $100,000 Fellowship to Organize a Nuclear Restart Conference Attended by Key Stakeholders

, /PRNewswire/ — O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC (OSV), an investment firm that empowers creators, has awarded an O’Shaughnessy Fellowship to Mark Nelson, an energy consultant based in Chicago, Illinois.

Nelson intends to persuade the German people to reverse the decision to decommission the country’s recently closed nuclear power plants. He will organize a conference, bringing together local and international leaders and experts to build trust in the value and feasibility of restarting Germany’s nuclear power program. Nelson will also conduct public opinion polling and travel around Germany visiting nuclear towns and villages. A nuclear restart could, within three years, generate power for millions of Germans and reverse the country’s industrial decline.

Nelson, who holds a Master of Philosophy in nuclear engineering from Cambridge University, has spent 10 years researching and advising on national and international energy systems. He is …