Hadron Energy Welcomes Professor Benoit Forget as an Advisor Supporting Breakthrough Reactor Physics Efforts

New York, NY – October 16,2025 – Hadron Energy, Inc. (“Hadron”), a cutting-edge innovator in micro modular reactor (“MMR”) technology, today announced that an internationally recognized leader in computational reactor physics, Professor Benoit Forget, is acting as an advisor to Hadron. Professor Forget is theDepartment Head of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT and in this role is acting independently from the University. His work spans Monte Carlo and deterministic transport, multiphysics coupling, and uncertainty quantification—capabilities essential to advancing next-generation reactor design and analysis.

As founder of MIT’s Computational ReactorPhysics Group (CRPG), his group led the initial developments of OpenMC, an open-source Monte Carlo neutron transport code for large-scale, high-fidelity simulations, and OpenMOC, a 3D method-of-characteristics code optimized for parallel performance. These tools are widely used across academia, government, and industry. CRPG’s advances in multiphysics coupling and uncertainty quantification enable high-accuracy steady-state and transient analyses that inform safety, licensing, and core optimization.

“Professor Forget represents the pinnacle of modern reactor physics and computational innovation,” said Samuel Gibson, Founder and CEO of Hadron Energy, Inc. “His pioneering work at MIT has fundamentally advanced how the world simulates, analyzes, and designs nuclear systems. Having Benoit join Hadron as an advisor marks a major step forward in our mission to deliver compact, high-performance microreactors built on the strongest scientific foundations. We are honored to collaborate with one of the field’s leading minds as we accelerate toward commercial deployment.”

Professor Forget’s contributions have been recognized by the American Nuclear Society with the Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award, and his recent selection as fellow in 2024.

Hadron recently entered into a $1.2Bn definitive business combination agreement with GigCapital7 (Nasdaq: GIG) to accelerate microreactor development and will become the first publicly traded lightwater microreactor company in the world. Professor Forget’s expertise aligns with Hadron’s mission to deploy factory-manufactured microreactors and is a timely addition to Hadron. Welcome to the team, Benoit.

Please see the official release on the business combination agreement here: https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202509290800BIZWIRE_USPRX____20250929_BW233556-1

‍In addition, here is the official release featuring Benoit Forget: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251016819231/en/Hadron-Energy-Inc.-Welcomes-Professor-Benoit-Forget-as-an-Advisor-Supporting-Breakthrough-Reactor-Physics-Efforts