Podcasts Technology Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy Ep 83: Tina Taylor - Deputy Chief Nuclear Officer, Electric Power Research Institute

Ep 83: Tina Taylor - Deputy Chief Nuclear Officer, Electric Power Research Institute

Published: Sept. 22, 2018, 10 a.m.

In this episode we discuss...

  • Tina’s background in chemical engineering and her personal evolution in the nuclear industry
  • Tina’s early work at Northeast Utilities helping to manage the start up of Millstone 3
  • The chemical processes involved in a steam generator
  • B&W Nuclear Technologies aka Framatome
  • Different reactor types and their chemical components
  • Comparing the overall environmental impact and health risk across different energy sources including nuclear
  • Risk-based versus prescriptive approaches to licensing new designs in the US
  • Key drivers of research in plant modernization including technology to automatically monitor chemistry
  • Ways we can improve the economics of nuclear safety