Ep. 28 - Jose Reyes, NuScale

Published: June 25, 2018, 10 a.m.

Episode Content:

  • Jose's captivation with the nuclear industry during high school and college.  

  • The history, description, and findings of Counter Current Flow Limitation Testing.  

  • An overview of Jose's time as the Department Head of Nuclear Science and Engineering.  

  • Passive safety systems, the Bleed and Feed Approach, and the AP 600.  

  • Embodying full-scale behavior into a small-scale system.  

  • MASLWR: The Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor.  

  • The importance of simplicity in design.  

  • How international competition and  natural gas empowered domestic unity.  

  • Future implications of NuScale's groundbreaking design on an international scale.