Ep 37: Chris Grandy, Argonne National Lab

10/07/2018 37 min Episodio 37
Ep 37: Chris Grandy, Argonne National Lab

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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 

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