Episode 115
Ep 115: Ed Pheil, Elysium
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
November 8, 20181h 5m
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Show Notes
In this episode we discuss...
- Ed's background in the US Navy and his personal journey in the nuclear industry
- Ed's work designing nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, and space crafts for the Navy
- General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls and their respective roles in nuclear construction
- Uranium hexafluoride gas reactors and the processes within
- Nuclear opponents and their negative effects on the construction and licensing processes
- How the US nuclear industry is working to overcome supply chain challenges including replacing medium enriched uranium with plutonium
- Table salt's important role in recycling spent fuels
- The economics of fuel storage
- A deep dive into fuel and reactor lifetimes
- The plant Ed envisions including its total power output and the regulatory and financial hurdles involved