Ep 37: Chris Grandy, Argonne National Lab

Episode Content:

• Chris' start in the Nuclear Propulsion Office Candidate Program.

• Training with the A1W Prototype in Idaho Falls.

• Technology development and sodium-cooled power plants.

• Improving the cost performance of technology.

• Advanced and vessel refueling machines.

• Sodium and its different mediums.

• The history of metal and the importance of building to increasing scale for commercialization.

• Alkaline metal technology development.

• Function of the cold trap in a sodium loop.

• The differences between a sodium system and a light water system.

• Aqueous and pyro processing technology development

• The importance of maintaining the US' technology edge and knowledge base