In this episode, we discuss how... 1) Jacob Eapen recalls his time working on safety analysis of the advanced heavy water reactor at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in India 2) How Jacob expanded his career in the U.S. nuclear academic and industrial spaces to focus on computational material science 3) Jacob’s current and past research projects in the material science space includes analysis of high temperature properties of UO2 fuel 4) Jacob explains why accident tolerant fuels are being developed and some of the challenges faced in choosing a material for the fuel cladding