Ep 37: Chris Grandy, Argonne National Lab

Episode Content:

• Chris' start in the Nuclear Propulsion Office Candidate Program.  

• Training with the A1W Prototype in Idaho Falls.  

• Technology development and sodium-cooled power plants.  

• Improving the cost performance of technology.  

• Advanced and vessel refueling machines.  

• Sodium and its different mediums.  

• The history of metal and the importance of building to increasing scale for commercialization.  

• Alkaline metal technology development.  

• Function of the cold trap in a sodium loop.  

• The differences between a sodium system and a light water system.  

• Aqueous and pyro processing technology development 

• The importance of maintaining the US' technology edge and knowledge base