Ep 10: Emma Redfoot, Idaho National Labs

Episode Content:

• How Emma’s personal experiences abroad developed her interest in energy issues

• Her dual participation in both technical research and social advocacy

• How she got involved in Mothers for Nuclear and focus of Students for Nuclear

• She discusses the relationship between INL and the several local universities

• Developing a model in the nuclear fuel model simulator Cyclus

• Then we do a deep dive into Cyclus itself and Emma’s efforts to evolve this model to incorporate a hybrid energy ecosystem as well

• How she sees the role hybrid energy systems play in transforming the world

• She also shares with us  an amazing perspective on what happens holistically when we make energy cheaper