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# Meet the man with a nuclear reactor in his basement
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/environment/2018/07/meet-man-nuclear-reactor-his-basement/
- Published: 2018-07-20T09:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-19T11:06:28.000Z
- Author: Sarah Hoffman
- Tags: Environment, Energy, ReInventors, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-04-14 08:04, #Import 2025-05-09 14:42, #article

In the basement of a quiet residential street in a suburb of Federal Way resides the ultimate home science experiment — a nuclear fusion reactor. Microsoft IT manager Carl Greninger created [Northwest Nuclear Laboratories](https://www.nwnlabs.org/?ref=cascadepbs.org), a space in his home for local a high school to conduct their own research projects on the device. The hope: to cultivate the next generation of nuclear scientists and problem solvers.

In this episode of *Reinventors*, host Katie Herzog visits Greninger's home to find out more about his nuclear fusion reactor and what it's like to have it in his basement.

*ReInventors* is produced by KCTS 9 and PBS Digital Studios. Each episode features scientists, inventors and tinkerers who are reimagining the basic elements of our everyday lives.