Episode 69
Ep 69: Alastair Laird, European Nuclear Society
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
September 5, 201831m 33s
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Show Notes
In this episode we discuss...
- Alastair's personal evolution in the nuclear industry from working with the first Magnox reactor to his position as president at the European Nuclear Society ---
- A deep dive into the fuel loading process and human factory challenges it poses ---
- Light water reactors versus gas reactors ---
- The processes that go into synchronizing turbines to the grid ---
- The fine-tuned chain reactions necessary to generate steam ---
- Alastair's work at the ENS advocating for nuclear and the politics involved ---
- Improving communications strategies surrounding nuclear safety ---
- Alastair's positive outlook on nuclear and its progress towards becoming renewable