Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy

Ep 389: Bret van den Akker - Director of Fuel Cycle Innovation, Ultra Safe Nuclear

Apr 4, 2023

34:36

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Introduction

2min

The Importance of the Back End of the Fuel Cycle

2min

The Importance of Finding a Mentor

3min

UltraSafe's Director of Fuel Cycle Innovation

2min

Ultra-Safe's Micro-Modular Reactors

2min

FCM Fuel Form

3min

The Future of Nuclear Propulsion

3min

Enable Remote Monitoring and Operations for Micro-Reactors

2min

The Negative Temperature Reactivity Coefficient of a Nuclear Reactor

2min

10.

The Advantages of a Micro-Reactor

2min

11.

The Future of Micro Reactors

3min

12.

The Importance of Understanding the Nature of Hesitancy Around Nuclear

2min

13.

The Importance of Safety in the Industry

4min

14.

The Importance of Legacy in the Nuclear Industry

2min

1) Bret’s educational background and the best piece of advice he would give to someone currently in their undergraduate years

2) A discussion of passive safety and the difference between reactor types

3) A look into the future of where USNC’s microreactors could be deployed

4) For those who missed it, a component of Bret’s speech given at the MIT-CANES Symposium

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