Ep. 26 - Ron Omberg, PNNL

Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy - Podcast autorstwa Bret Kugelmass, Energy Impact Center

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Episode Content:

  • Ron's start with General Electric working on the D-Replacement Reactor.  

  • How thermohydraulics are used to raise exit temperatures and prevent a boiling coolant.  

  • The significance of plutonium-recycle test reactors and challenges of the program.  

  • An explanation of the physics behind the Fast Flux Test Facility.  

  • The advantages of a fast reactor.   

  • The definition of breeding.  

  • Why it is important to establish mutual and meaningful international partnerships.  

  • Russia and its closed cities.  

  • A discussion on the best way to embark designing new nuclear technology.  

  • Present advances in the nuclear technology sector and its implications for the future.  

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