Podcasts Technology Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy Ep 66: Charles Carpenter - Senior Technology Officer, Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Center

Ep 66: Charles Carpenter - Senior Technology Officer, Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Center

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 10 a.m.

In this episode we discuss

  • Charles' personal evolution in the nuclear industry ---
  • Opinion on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in his home state of Nevada ---
  • Forging and its role in nuclear ---
  • Charles’ work in quality assurance in the forging industry ---
  • A deep dive into two-phase heat transfer and its processes --- Human factory challenges and ways the AMRC is working to overcome them ---
  • The ins and outs of steam generators ---
  • Techniques the AMRC is working on to increase welding efficiency ---
  • Single platform manufacturing and how it’s improving nuclear cost and time efficiency