Ep 21: Bill Stokes, Columbia Basin (Advanced Reactor Consulting)

Episode Content:​

• Bill's introduction to the nuclear industry through a co-op program at Drexel University.  

• The importance of the design of a power plant and the logistics of its constructibility.  

• The Nuclear Quality Assurance Requirements and the emergence of larger plants.  

• Mitigating concerns, regulatory-driven changes after the Three Mile Island Accident.  

• Prudence Litigation and the financial vulnerabilities within the nuclear industry.   

• An explanation of the Single-Shell Tank Clean-Up Program.  

• A discussion of the United States' departure from the nuclear industry.   

• The Fast-flux Test Facility shutdown and exploring how to use radio isotopes for medical applications, such as cancer therapy.  

• The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and the Traveling-Wave Reactor.