Podcasts Technology Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy Ep. 37 - Chris Grandy, Argonne National Lab

Ep. 37 - Chris Grandy, Argonne National Lab

Published: July 10, 2018, 10 a.m.

Episode Content:

  • Chris' start in the Nuclear Propulsion Office Candidate Program.  

  • Training with the A1W Prototype in Idaho Falls.  

  • Technology development and sodium-cooled power plants.  

  • Improving the cost performance of technology.  

  • Advanced and vessel refueling machines.  

  • Sodium and its different mediums.  

  • The history of metal and the importance of building to increasing scale for commercialization.  

  • Alkaline metal technology development.  

  • Function of the cold trap in a sodium loop.  

  • The differences between a sodium system and a light water system.  

  • Aqueous and pyro processing technology development 

  • The importance of maintaining the US' technology edge and knowledge base