Ep 61: David Shropshire, International Atomic Energy Agency

In this episode we discuss...  David's background in industrial engineering and work at the Idaho National Laboratory --- David's current and future work at IAEA --- A deep dive into different radioactive wastes and the regulations surrounding their management and disposal --- Carbon capture and sequestration --- How our agricultural practices (particularly soil conservation) affects climate change --- Gen 4 reactors and their advanced fuel cycles --- The economics of a closed fuel cycle versus an open fuel cycle -- Different recycling schemes including MOX fuel with recycled plutonium --- Technical solutions to integrate nuclear with renewable energy systems --- The correlation between poverty and energy poverty and ways in which solving the latter can solve the former ---