Nov 30, 2019
In this episode...
1) Nam Dinh shares his path to nuclear engineering and the
international education and research that kicked off his career
2) Why nuclear reactors were not originally designed with failure
scenarios in mind and how that has changed
3) Nam reviews how current research projects are changing
the...
Nov 29, 2019
In this episode, we discuss...
1) Mohamed Bourham’s path to a career in nuclear from Egypt to
Europe to North Carolina State University
2) Mohamed reviews his many areas of research, including
electrothermal propulsion, radiation, waste, and material
science
3) How dry cask storage for spent fuel has performed so
far...
Nov 28, 2019
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...
Nov 27, 2019
In this episode, we discuss...
1) Increasing measurement
accuracy with gamma rays
2) Understanding cross sections, thermal neutrons and fast
neutrons
3) The PULSTAR research reactor design and how it is used to
produce positrons
4) Demonstrating inherent safety with small...
Nov 26, 2019
In this episode, we discuss...
1) The difference between plasma
and gas
2) How fusion differs from fission
3) How plasma enables low heat molecule deconstruction
4) The current and future uses of plasma for industry manufacturing
and...