Ep 87: Margaret Harding, 4Factor Consulting

In this episode we discuss... Margaret's background in nuclear engineering and her personal journey in the nuclear industry Margaret's work with boiling water reactors at GE The processes within phase changes in nuclear reactors The physics of bubbles in boiling water reactors and how it allows greater fuel production, lower enrichment, and reduced cost Tritium and the fears associated with it International considerations surrounding fuel and a history of the global nuclear sector How nuclear designs vary across the world - especially in the US, Europe, and Korea The benefits of government involvement in nuclear US regulations including the IAEA's three phases necessary to build a nuclear power plant The pitfalls of natural gas and other renewables and how they impede the nuclear industry Nuclear's environmental benefits surrounding climate change and why it's important that the US work to set a precedent for the entire world