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ASP Isotopes Inc. Enhances the Quantum Leap Energy LLC (QLE) Executive Leadership Team with the Appointment of Ryno Pretorius as Chief Executive Officer of QLE
WASHINGTON , June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ASP Isotopes Inc. NASDAQ: ASPI ("ASP Isotopes” or the “Company”), an advanced materials company dedicated to
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[{"type":"text","content":"WASHINGTON , June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ASP Isotopes Inc. NASDAQ: ASPI (\"ASP Isotopes” or the “Company”), an advanced materials company dedicated to the development of technology and processes for the production of isotopes for use in multiple industries, today announced the appointment of Dr. Ryno Pretorius, PhD as Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Leap Energy LLC (QLE), the Company’s subsidiary that is pursuing an initiative to develop and commercialize advanced nuclear fuels, such as High Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) and Lithium-6. Dr. Pretorius has previously served as a consultant to both ASP Isotopes and QLE. Paul Mann will continue to serve as the chairman and CEO of ASPI and the chairman of QLE. Dr. Pretorius has spent the last decade and a half as a practicing chemical engineer facilitating technology scale-up for multiple organizations globally. Importantly, he spent four years working for Necsa (South African Nuclear Energy Company) at Pelindaba, where he gained a comprehensive understanding of the nuclear fuel supply chain, fluorination’s role in nuclear fuel production and technology scale-up. He has spent the last ten years as technical director and CEO of Free Radical Process Design, a global consulting firm specializing in the design, development and economic evaluation of engineering technologies and processes where he managed a team of chemical engineers and chemists to solve technical challenges for many companies globally. Free Radical Process Design has been one of ASP Isotopes’ key consultants that has been engaged in solving chemical engineering problems associated with isotope enrichment facilities. Dr. Pretorius has a B. Eng, B. Eng (Hons) and an M. Eng in chemical engineering from the University of Pretoria, as well as a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Pretoria, where he specialized in fluorochemical engineering and developed a novel fluorination process in the critical materials value-chain. In addition, he also attended the postgraduate program in Data Science and Business Analytics at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Pretorius is registered as a Professional Engineer (Pr. Eng - Chemical Engineering) in South Africa. He is the inventor of two patented processes, the first covering electrochemical recovery of trace metals from dilute aqueous streams and in the prod...