Ep 12: Jeff Harper, X-Energy
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
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Show Notes
Episode Content:
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Jeff's earlier career as an NRC vendor inspector
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The relationship between NRC and Industry including the balance of health and safety against cost and schedule
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His work with Westinghouse bidding on an South African nuclear build and the story behind their attempted development of the pebble bed
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A description of the Pebble Bed technology advantages
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Further details on the X-energy fuel and reactor technology
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The role of Silicon Carbide in in TRISO Fuel
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An alternative safety approach to redundancy and defense in depth
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The X-energy team composition and its founder Kam Ghaffarian
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How high temperature nuclear can be used for water desalination
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Further details of X-energy's deployment strategy