Ep 83: Tina Taylor, Electric Power Research Institute

In this episode we discuss...

• Tina’s background in chemical engineering and her personal evolution in the nuclear industry
• Tina’s early work at Northeast Utilities helping to manage the start up of Millstone 3
• The chemical processes involved in a steam generator
• B&W Nuclear Technologies aka Framatome
• Different reactor types and their chemical components
• Comparing the overall environmental impact and health risk across different energy sources including nuclear
• Risk-based versus prescriptive approaches to licensing new designs in the US
• Key drivers of research in plant modernization including technology to automatically monitor chemistry
• Ways we can improve the economics of nuclear safety