Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy

This episode features an interview with Mike Rencheck, President and CEO of Bruce Power, discussing his career journey in the nuclear industry, starting from a summer internship in 1982.

This episode features an interview with Sarah Stevenson, a lieutenant, physicist, and nuclear engineer in the United States Air Force, discussing her background, education, and research experiences.

This episode features an interview with Claire Schaffnit-Chatterjee, head of operations at Dual Fluid, discussing her background in engineering and career journey.

This episode features an interview with Juan Pedro van Hasselt, CEO of Pacific Andean Nuclear Power Services, discussing his background and the company's business model in the nuclear energy sector.

This episode features an interview with Trey Lauderdale, founder and CEO of Atomic Canyon, discussing his AI search platform for the nuclear energy sector.

This episode features an interview with Natalie Cannon, a PhD student at Georgia Tech and research assistant at Los Alamos National Lab, discussing her background and role as a young leader in the nuclear energy industry.

This episode features an interview with Armando Nava-Dominguez, technical lead on the supercritical water-cooled reactor Gen IV project at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, discussing nuclear reactor technology and terminology.

This episode introduces a new series exploring the intersection of nuclear energy and data centers, discussing how nuclear power can meet the infrastructure demands of cloud computing.

This episode features an interview with Richard Kidd, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy, discussing the U.S.

This episode of Titans of Nuclear features an interview with Todd Abrajano, President & CEO of the United States Nuclear Industry Council, discussing his background and career journey.

This episode features an interview with Ted Nordhaus, founder of The Breakthrough Institute, discussing his career journey from grassroots environmental activism to his current work in nuclear energy and climate policy.

This episode features an interview with Karl Hausker, a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute, discussing climate change and nuclear energy research with reference to visual slides.

This episode features an interview with Emma Wong, Senior Nuclear Technology and Innovation Advisor at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, discussing her background growing up in Michigan and her path to nuclear energy.

This episode features an interview with Vince Zabielski, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, discussing his unconventional career path from a hippie mechanical engineering student to working in nuclear power plants.

This episode features an interview with Brian Woods, head of the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Oregon State University, discussing his background and journey into nuclear engineering.

This episode features an interview with Paul Wilson, a nuclear engineering professor and department chair at the University of Wisconsin, discussing his background, research, and role in educating future nuclear engineers.

This episode features an interview with John Ahlberg, founder and CSO of Carnful Energy, discussing his background and the mission to make nuclear energy popular and non-political.

This episode features an interview with Reed Clay, president of the Texas Nuclear Alliance, discussing his background and the organization's role in promoting nuclear energy in Texas.

This episode features an interview with Stefano Buono, founder and CEO of newcleo, discussing his background in physics, work at CERN, and innovative nuclear reactor technology focused on safety.

This episode features an interview with Bill Kennedy, Vice President of Environmental & Waste Management Issues at the National Council on Radiation Protection, discussing his background and work in radiation safety and environmental protection.

This episode features an interview with Igor Pioro, a professor at Ontario Tech University, discussing his background growing up in Ukraine, education at Kyiv Polytechnical Institute, and early career in thermal physics and helicopters.

This episode features an interview with Andrew Storer, CEO of the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, discussing updates in the nuclear industry since his last appearance in 2018, particularly focusing on changes in the UK government and their impact.

This episode features an interview with Alan Howard, a principal analyst at Omnia, discussing the intersection of data centers and the nuclear industry as part of the Nuclear Nexus series.

This episode features an interview with Zach Peña, CEO of Empirix Partners, discussing his career journey from the Marine Corps to leading a nuclear energy company.

This episode features an interview with Shaheen Dewji, an assistant professor of nuclear and radiological engineering at Georgia Tech, discussing her background from farming roots to academia.

This episode features an interview with James Chesnut, Senior Vice President of Nuclear Operations at Day & Zimmermann, discussing his background as a second-generation nuclear worker growing up near the Farley nuclear plant in Georgia.

This episode features an interview with George Borovas, head of nuclear at Hunton Andrews Kurth, discussing his background from Greece to engineering and law in the nuclear industry.

This episode features an interview with Sander de Groot, CTO and co-founder of Thorizon, discussing his background in mechanical engineering, his 22-year career at nuclear research organization NRG, and his work initiating the multi-salt reactor program.

This episode features an interview with Princess Mthombeni, a nuclear communications specialist and founder of Africa for Nuclear, discussing her accidental entry into the nuclear industry and her advocacy for nuclear energy's role in Africa's sustainable development.

This episode features an interview with Kaylee Cunningham, a PhD student at MIT known as Miss Nuclear Energy on TikTok, discussing her role as a young leader in the nuclear energy industry.

This episode features an interview with Will Shackle, a 17-year-old founder of Nuclear for Australia, discussing his background and work as part of a series on young leaders in the nuclear industry.

This episode features an interview with Charles Oppenheimer, founder of the Oppenheimer Project, discussing his background in technology and finance and his connection to nuclear history through his grandfather's role in the Manhattan Project.

Host Hannah Chabinsky interviews science communicator Kyle Hill about his background growing up in Wisconsin and his early interests in science and nature.

This episode features an interview with Bahman Zohuri, a professor at Golden Gate University and author of numerous books on nuclear energy topics including compact heat exchangers, thermohydraulic analysis, and advanced small reactors.

This episode features an interview with Julian Edwards, chair of U.S.

This episode features an interview with Ieuan Williams, a Labour Party candidate for Ynys Môn with extensive experience in nuclear energy, discussing his background and entry into the energy sector.

This episode of Titans of Nuclear features an interview with Rachael Zisk, lead reporter for Ignition, discussing her background in journalism and her focus on covering nuclear energy.

This episode continues a series exploring the energy challenges and nuclear energy solutions for data centers, featuring a discussion with Robert Boswall on electricity needs and market developments.

This episode explores the intersection of nuclear energy and data centers through interviews with experts in digital infrastructure and nuclear engineering.

This episode features an interview with Myrto Tripathi, president and founder of Voices of Nuclear, discussing her background and motivations for entering the nuclear energy field.

This episode features an interview with Doug Sandridge, Executive Director of Oil & Gas Executives for Nuclear, discussing his background growing up in the oil industry and his path to nuclear advocacy.

This episode features an interview with Cyrille Molina, founder and president of Oakridge SAS, discussing his background in nuclear engineering from France and his career path into the nuclear sector.

This episode features an interview with Grace Stanke, Miss America 2023 and a nuclear engineer, discussing her background, advocacy for nuclear energy, and how she entered the field.

This episode features an interview with Sander de Groot, CTO and co-founder of Thorizon, discussing his background in mechanical engineering and his work on multi-salt reactor technology at NRG.

This episode features an interview with Carlo Wolters, CEO of EPZ in the Netherlands, discussing his background and work in the nuclear energy sector.

This episode features an interview with Eli Dourado, a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity, discussing his background and perspectives as a notable thinker.

This episode features an interview with Paris Ortiz-Wines from Stand Up for Nuclear, discussing her background, early interest in science, and how learning about climate change in college led her to advocate for nuclear energy.

This episode features an interview with Josh Snowhorn, founder and CEO of Quantum Loophole, discussing his background in telecom and data centers and his company's work in the nuclear energy sector.

Nick O'Hara, producer of the Gridlocked podcast, discusses his journey from nuclear skeptic to advocate, highlighting how misconceptions about nuclear safety are widespread.

This episode features an interview with Piyush Sabharwall, a distinguished scientist at Idaho National Laboratory, discussing his background growing up in India, education in mechanical engineering with a focus on robotics, and his transition to the nuclear energy field.

Emma McDave quotes an apprentice who compared Hinkley Point C to Jurassic World and says the site's land crane cab looks like a three-storey building.

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Georgia Tech professor Nolan Hertel traces a career that runs from Kerrville, Texas and Texas A&M to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Pacific Northwest National Lab, and Oak Ridge National Lab, with American National Standard 1.1.1 and ICRU quantities woven through his work.

Dan Cotliar says nuclear thermal propulsion could deliver chemical-rocket thrust with roughly double the specific impulse, which he says could cut Mars travel time.

On Titans of Nuclear, Ryan Howell speaks with Dr.

Chris Keefer describes moving from a 2019 Toronto nuclear rally with hand-drawn pamphlets to meetings with Canadian cabinet ministers and senators.

The episode covers space reactors, radioisotope generators, medical reactors, research reactors, and civilian marine reactors beyond the preceding advanced-reactor series.

Molten salt reactors could eliminate the solid-fuel manufacturing step that accounts for about 90% of light-water-reactor fuel costs.