Podcasts Technology Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy Ep 215: Walter Tromm - Head of Waste Management, Safety, and Radiation Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Ep 215: Walter Tromm - Head of Waste Management, Safety, and Radiation Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 10 a.m.

In this episode, we discuss...

(1) Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their nuclear research
(2) How other methods of containing accidents may be better but strict regulations and ignorance hinder implementation
(3) Short term versus long term nuclear waste storage
(4) Why Germany’s nuclear industry has ended and how this may affect the future of nuclear in other European countries