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Ep 61: David Shropshire, International Atomic Energy Agency
FromTitans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
Ep 61: David Shropshire, International Atomic Energy Agency
FromTitans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Aug 22, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode we discuss... David’s background in industrial engineering and work at the Idaho National Laboratory --- David’s current and future work at IAEA --- A deep dive into different radioactive wastes and the regulations surrounding their management and disposal --- Carbon capture and sequestration --- How our agricultural practices (particularly soil conservation) affects climate change --- Gen 4 reactors and their advanced fuel cycles --- The economics of a closed fuel cycle versus an open fuel cycle -- Different recycling schemes including MOX fuel with recycled plutonium --- Technical solutions to integrate nuclear with renewable energy systems --- The correlation between poverty and energy poverty and ways in which solving the latter can solve the former ---
Released:
Aug 22, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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