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Ampera is a US advanced-nuclear startup founded in 2025 by CEO Brian Matthews and headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The company is developing compact subcritical nuclear energy systems and thorium-based fuel supply chains, aiming to vertically integrate manufacturing of TRISO particle fuel from thorium-232 kernels. In August 2026 Ampera signed a strategic partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on the THUNDER (Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors) project.