Ep. 124 - Bob Mumgaard, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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...

  • Bob’s background in fusion and personal journey in the nuclear industry
  • Bob’s day-to-day as Chief Executive Officer at Commonwealth Fusion Systems
  • Bob’s graduate work at MIT researching new technologies to solve fundamental challenges with fusion
  • Superconductors, their applications, and how Bob has significantly contributed to their productization
  • The mechanisms that enable superconductors to operate at very high temperatures
  • Why only 3 of over 100,000 superconductors have been commercialized
  • How collaboration between academics and industrialists is helping to drive fusion technology into the marketplace
  • Bob’s mission to expedite superconductivity commercialization so that it can be deployed globally

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