Ep. 50 - Ville Tulkki, VTT

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

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In this episode, we discuss...

  • Ville's previous misperceptions about nuclear energy and how he overcame them.  

  • Generation 4 and how the new reactors can be more economic, more versatile, and safer.  

  • The Super Critical Water Reactor and the neutronics behind it.  

  • Fuel Behavior Analysis and what exactly it entails.  

  • The Halden Reactor in Norway.  

  • Modeling responses to pressure differentials.  

  • The potential applications of Small Module Reactors.  

  • Why the amount of electricity SMRs can bring to the grid are more flexible than the current fleet.  

  • A comparison of the load-following capabilities of SMRs and larger power plants.  

  • Ice-breaker reactors on their ships.  

  • The different industries that can use nuclear heat.   

  • Why it is necessary for the nuclear industry to advocate for the use of nuclear energy.  

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