Ep 50: Ville Tulkki, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

In this episode, we discuss...

• Ville's previous misperceptions about nuclear energy and how he overcame them.  

• Generation 4 and how the new reactors can be more economic, more versatile, and safer.  

• The Super Critical Water Reactor and the neutronics behind it.  

• Fuel Behavior Analysis and what exactly it entails.  

• The Halden Reactor in Norway.  

• Modeling responses to pressure differentials.  

• The potential applications of Small Module Reactors.  

• Why the amount of electricity SMRs can bring to the grid are more flexible than the current fleet.  

• A comparison of the load-following capabilities of SMRs and larger power plants.  

• Ice-breaker reactors on their ships.  

• The different industries that can use nuclear heat.   

• Why it is necessary for the nuclear industry to advocate for the use of nuclear energy.