May 2, 2018
Episode Content:
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Rita's start in Materials Engineering at MIT, her transition into the space research world
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Her work at Westinghouse in their fuel fabrication facility
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Scouting "Game Changing" technologies across robotics, advanced reactors, advanced chemical engineering, advanced manufacturing, digital instrumentation and control
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How her experience working between Westinghouse and the Labs helped her understand the shortcomings she needed to fix from the inside
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GAIN initiatives: Vouchers, Workshops, Facilitating industry work with the labs
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Fuel testing for advanced reactors and the need to build a domestic Fast Test Reactor
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The formation of a 30 Million dollar per year for 5 years open ended funding opportunity
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A quick discussion of the NRC modernizing their licensing framework