Episode 83
Ep 83: Tina Taylor, Electric Power Research Institute
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
September 22, 201848m 58s
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Show Notes
In this episode we discuss...
- Tina's background in chemical engineering and her personal evolution in the nuclear industry
- Tina's early work at Northeast Utilities helping to manage the start up of Millstone 3
- The chemical processes involved in a steam generator
- B&W Nuclear Technologies aka Framatome
- Different reactor types and their chemical components
- Comparing the overall environmental impact and health risk across different energy sources including nuclear
- Risk-based versus prescriptive approaches to licensing new designs in the US
- Key drivers of research in plant modernization including technology to automatically monitor chemistry
- Ways we can improve the economics of nuclear safety