It's in our DNA.
Innovation, expertise, collaboration and results—built on decades of nuclear, petroleum, geological, materials, academic and industrial experience.
Experience connected to invention.
NuclearSAFE's 11-member core team represents at least 370 years of stated cumulative professional experience. That depth is reinforced by a broad, non-duplicative portfolio of proprietary IP innovations and a worldwide network of technical specialists.
Dr. Henry Crichlow
Ph.D., P.E. · Founder & CEO · Engineer · Inventor · Former Distinguished Professor
Dr. Henry B. Crichlow is a registered Professional Engineer whose career spans academic research, international energy projects, drilling and subsurface engineering, technology invention, government assignments and more than two decades devoted to nuclear-waste technology. He earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from Stanford University, an M.Sc. from the University of Oklahoma and a B.Sc. from the Colorado School of Mines.
At the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Crichlow served as a Distinguished Professor of Engineering and led academic programs associated with petroleum, geological and natural-gas engineering. He also initiated and directed a USGS-certified Oil Well Blowout Control Systems School that trained drilling personnel in practical blowout prevention and control.
His industry leadership also includes service as Director – International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), Houston, TX. extending his operating perspective into the international drilling-contractor community.
Dr. Henry Crichlow’s engineering publications and patented innovations have generated more than 1,300 Google Scholar citations across petroleum engineering, geothermal systems, energy technology and nuclear waste disposal.
His international technical work has included assignments involving MOBIL, TEXACO, the World Bank, the FDIC, PEMEX and Kuwait Oil Company. His résumé records work on the Kuwait oil-field recovery effort following more than 700 burning wells, technical evaluation and development planning for PEMEX's Cantarell offshore field, World Bank gas-reserve evaluations in Bolivia, and engineering evaluation of approximately 29,000 oil and gas properties for the FDIC.
Dr. Crichlow is the named inventor of U.S. Patent 5,850,614, which established the foundational concept of deep horizontal wellbore disposal for high-level radioactive waste. He has continued to build on that work through the NuclearSAFE platform—SuperLAT®, CinGOT™ and SuperSILO®—and a broader portfolio of supporting technologies for waste conditioning, handling, transport, retrieval, monitoring and permanent closure.
Engineering and academic leadership
Stanford-trained engineer; former Distinguished Professor and department leader at the University of Oklahoma.
International execution
Large, complex energy and government assignments across the United States, Latin America, the Middle East and other regions.
Inventor and technical author
Decades of patent development and published engineering work spanning nuclear waste, drilling, energy systems and advanced industrial technologies.
Nuclear-waste focus
More than two decades directed toward practical technologies for the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Drilling-industry leadership
Director – International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), Houston, TX.
Google Scholar citations
More than 1,300 citations across petroleum engineering, geothermal systems, energy technology and nuclear waste disposal.
Dr. Henry Crichlow's career spans university research, major international energy projects, government assignments, drilling technology, advanced engineering systems, and more than two decades devoted to solving the nuclear industry's back-end problem. NuclearSAFE is the culmination of that experience.
Our position
NuclearSAFE is not a legacy caretaker. It is an innovation company developing the systems needed to close the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle.
The company combines internal expertise with access to universities, national laboratories, industry partners, engineering firms and regulatory specialists.
People who know what they are doing.
Repository engineering
Deep drilling, geomechanics, formation evaluation, completion systems and subsurface operations.
Materials and metallurgy
Copper systems, manufacturing, durability, radiation management and structural performance.
Nuclear waste systems
Spent fuel, high-level waste, stabilization, handling, transport interfaces and disposal.
AI-aided engineering
Optimization, digital twins, lifecycle modeling, risk analysis and engineering decision support.
Program execution
Project management, government engagement, strategic partnerships and staged de-risking.
Environmental stewardship
Minimal footprint, disposal performance, monitoring, retrievability and permanent closure.