Ep. 115 - Ed Pheil, Elysium

Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy - Un pódcast de Bret Kugelmass, Energy Impact Center

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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

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