Ep 09: George Griffith, Idaho National Labs

Episode Content:

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• The basics of fuel fabrication

• What it’s like to live in the community around and to work at a Nuclear Power plant

• A description of what happens when you reload fuel in a reactor

• His work with the Light Water Reactor sustainability program and how they design ways to extend the life of the existing fleet

• The function of the Advanced Test Reactor, the largest test reactor in the US

• The role that Small Modular Reactors play in the future of the nuclear power industry

• Nuscale’s efforts in commercializing SMR technology and

• INL’s role in hosting a demonstration version of this technology and others