Oct 26, 2018
In this episode we discuss...
- Divittore’s background growing up near and working at Three Mile Island
- Dean’s work as Radiation Protection Manager at Exelon
- Radiation exposure levels of nuclear power plant workers
- ALARA versus linear thresholds for radiation exposure
- What is a Geiger counter and how is radiation measured?
- Areas of a power plant that have radioactive activity
- What are the sources of radiation shielding and how do they work?
- A deep dive into fuel defects
- Hot spots and how they form in a controlled environment
- Flushing and hydrolazing
- Use of robotics, cameras, drones, and VR in identifying leaks
- The planned shutdown of Three Mile Island in 2019