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