Ep 26: Ron Omberg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Episode Content:

• Ron's start with General Electric working on the D-Replacement Reactor.  

• How thermohydraulics are used to raise exit temperatures and prevent a boiling coolant.  

• The significance of plutonium-recycle test reactors and challenges of the program.  

• An explanation of the physics behind the Fast Flux Test Facility.  

• The advantages of a fast reactor.   

• The definition of breeding.  

• Why it is important to establish mutual and meaningful international partnerships.  

• Russia and its closed cities.  

• A discussion on the best way to embark designing new nuclear technology.  

• Present advances in the nuclear technology sector and its implications for the future.