Christine King

Director, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN), Idaho National Laboratory

As Director of the Gateway for Acceleration in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative, Christine King facilitates a range of public-private partnerships to help move innovative nuclear energy technologies toward commercialization, while ensuring the continued safe, reliable, and economic operation of the existing nuclear fleet. In addition, GAIN works to ensure that clean energy plans value the opportunity nuclear energy provides to meet decarbonization and sustainability goals. Ms King is regularly invited to introduce advanced nuclear energy to state legislatures, utility commissioners, energy planners, and investors. Prior to GAIN, she has worked for a venture capital firm, led a nuclear division for a consulting firm, and led long-term R&D for a non-profit, and worked in the field during nuclear plant outages.

Ms King has a BS in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Lynchburg College. She also earned a second-degree black belt in Taekwondo and she is studying Taiko drumming.