We’re a sovereign, nuclear-specialist and independent advisory firm. International experience, tailored to the Australian context, fully based in-country.
Independent
& Australian.
An independent, Australian-owned and controlled advisory firm providing unbiased technical advice to government, industry, licensees and regulators. Not beholden to any administration, technology or corporate goal.
Nuclear
Specialists.
Committed to helping Australia safely and effectively realise the benefits of nuclear technology. From submarines and nuclear medicine to civil power, we support outcomes across the full lifecycle.
Bridging
the Gap.
We bridge the gap between deep nuclear expertise and the systems thinking breadth required to deliver complex nuclear outcomes. Designing and applying approaches that benefit the whole enterprise.
Roots for growth
01 / 04
Nuclear Organisational
Capability
- Nuclear mindset
- Licensing strategy
- Operating model and core technical workflows
- Licensee maturity road-mapping
- Nuclear baseline, core capability & Design Authority
- Nuclear safety management systems
- Specialist procurement support
- International good practice
Built on Safety
02 / 04
Nuclear Safety & Licensing
- Safety case strategy & architecture
- Safety case goals, principles & criteria
- Safety programme definition &
management - Safety justification (author, verify, independent review)
- Safety analysis
- Licensing & regulatory compliance
- Independent assurance
- International good practice
Order in Complexity
03 / 04
Nuclear Systems Engineering
- High level needs and capability development
- Technical governance
- Eliciting & managing requirements
- Design management
- Defining baselines and change management
- Interface and integration management
- Decision analysis & optioneering
- Technology maturity, assessment
- Investment appraisal
Understanding the detail
04 / 04
Nuclear Technical
Engineering
- Seismic hazard definition & structural response
- Fluid dynamics & heat transfer
- Electrical systems
- Radiological consequence assessment
- Shielding calculations
- Waste management & transport
- System modelling
- Design review
- Independent technical assessment
Our Experience.
AUSTRALIAN OWNED & OPERATED
LAUNCHED 2025
Years of nuclear industry
experience
Years of complex systems
engineering experience
Years of defence
engineering experience
We tackle the
complex problems.
Defence
Understand the Case for Nuclear-Powered, Conventionally-Armed Submarines
Power and AI
Understand the Scale of Recent Nuclear Investments made by Technology Companies to Power AI and Data Centres
Medicine
Understand the Importance of Nuclear Medicine to the Health and Wellbeing of all Australians
What our founders say.
We rely on complex systems many of us take for granted — systems that keep us secure, safe, healthy; that underpin our national security, our energy, our access to information. These systems have a long change cycle. Through decades of stability, the main ask is reliability and low cost. But context changes — geopolitics, climate change, AI — and society asks something different: solutions to new problems. We live in such a time. Good technical leadership, able to bridge the policy and technical domains, becomes vital. Nucleate was founded with technical leadership at the heart of what we do.
Jonathan Armstrong
Nucleate Founder
People often call nuclear experience a unicorn skill. They’re right—but nuclear expertise without systems thinking doesn’t deliver outcomes. Success comes from combining deep technical knowledge with the ability to design practical solutions for Australia’s unique challenges. That’s the foundation of Nucleate: bringing together exceptional nuclear experience and systems thinking to help Australia realise its nuclear future.
Dr Ian Watson
Nucleate Founder
I joined Nucleate’s founding team because of the opportunity to build sovereign capability that delivers lasting benefits for Australia. The chance to contribute to a future that is more secure, safe, healthy and sustainable is incredibly motivating. Doing that with a team united by care, trust and a commitment to doing things the right way is what makes it special.
Damien Farrell OAM
Nucleate Founder