The Jimmy project

Jimmy was created in 2020 based on a dual realization: on one hand, industries need to change their source of heat, but there are few profitable decarbonized alternatives. On the other hand, nuclear fission allows for the production of low-cost decarbonized heat.

Jimmy's goal is to accelerate the transition to decarbonization as quickly as possible. After a concept maturation phase in 2021, Jimmy now relies on a determined multidisciplinary team and is reinventing the use of fission to decarbonize industry.

Our objective is to commission its industrial demonstrator by 2026 to realize its vision of a decarbonized and competitive industry in France.

Advisory board

Frank Carré

Scientific Director | CEA Energy Department

HTR Expert

Philippe Demigné

Former CEO | Bertin Technologies

Innovative industrial project management expert

Daniel Iracane

Former Head of the RJH and Deputy Director of International Relations | CEA

Nuclear expert

Elsa Lemaître

Internal Audit Director | CEA

Nuclear project management expert

Pierre Toulhoat

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board | Andra

Nuclear expert

Werner Von Lensa

Jülich Centrum

HTR & graphite expert

Nicolas Zweibaum

Director Engineering Design | Kairos Power

Innovative nuclear reactors expert

Our investors

They support Jimmy

News

SMR to boost French nuclear power

Capital and Challenges publish special press files on SMRs, the decarbonization solutions favored by manufacturers.

Jimmy Energy aims to industrialize its nuclear microreactors in 2026

The Ile-de-France-based deeptech aims to provide industrial steam thanks to a mini-atomic power plant. Its risk-minimizing technological approach has won it a record subsidy from the France 2030 program.

France bets €1bn on startups building bus-sized nuclear reactors to fight climate change

After years of trying to reduce its dependence on nuclear power, France has radically changed its tune, betting heavily on the sector to help reach its climate goals.

The French government injects 32 million euros into Jimmy as part of the France 2030 program

Jimmy is the biggest winner of the "innovative nuclear reactors" call for projects under the France 2030 plan.