Ep. 291, COVID Miniseries: Jim Conca, Herbert M. Parker Foundation
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
Release Date: 02/03/2021
Ep 444: Todd Abrajano - President & CEO, United States Nuclear Industry Council
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) Todd’s first encounter with the subject of nuclear energy and how he came to be the President and CEO of the United States Nuclear Industry Council 2) What Todd would say to a policymaker to emphasize the importance of the U.S. nuclear industry and accelerate development 3) The USNIC’s domestic and international reach 4) How the USNIC thinks about financing for advanced reactor projects in the United States, as well as a brief discussion of AI
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Ep 443: Alan Howard - Nuclear Nexus: Data Centers, Episode 4
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) A deep dive into the recent growth of the data center industry and infrastructure 2) Power usage in data centers and the power that different components traditonally use 3) How data centers decide on siting and the relationship between this process and existing power supply 4) An exploration of nuclear data center development and recent conversations, as well as experts, on the topic
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Ep 442: Robert Boswall & Michael Crabb - Nuclear Nexus: Data Centers, Episode 3
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) How the nuclear industry can adapt to the development of the data center industry and energy needs 2) The relationships between generation, transmission, and your end user 3) The ways in which baseload power generation is valuable to data centers and the benefits of co-location 4) Social perceptions of data centers and energy demand, as well as the current state of data centers being built
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Ep 441: Shannon Bragg-Sitton & Bill Kleyman - Nuclear Nexus: Data Centers, Episode 2
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) An introduction to the relationship between nuclear energy and data centers 2) The different sizes of nuclear power plants, electricity demand from data centers, and factory manufacturing for nuclear 3) Data center leaders’ growing support for nuclear and the evolution of the procurement process 4) Use cases for nuclear and how nuclear power plants can be integrated into communities, as well as nuclear’s impressive uptime
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Ep 440: Michael Crabb & John Chaplin - Nuclear Nexus: Data Centers, Episode 1
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) An introduction to Nuclear Nexus, data centers, and what the rest of the series will hold 2) What the experts may discuss as the conversation surrounding data centers continues 3) Where the nuclear industry and data centers converge 4) The topics of energy reliability, power consumption, and data center development
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Ep 439: Josh Snowhorn - Founder and CEO, Quantum Loophole
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) Josh’s interesting story of how he first become involved in data center work 2) The start and story of Quantum Loophole 3) The relationship between nuclear energy and data centers 4) How nuclear is able to fill the need for baseload, carbon-free power
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Ep 438: Bahman Zohuri - Professor, Golden Gate University
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) Bahman’s drive to publish textbooks and how he ended up publishing about 64 works and counting over the course of his career 2) A deep dive into heat pipes and the combined cycle system 3) A discussion of compact heat exchangers 4) Bahman’s new research and some last words of advice regarding innovation and technology
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Ep 437: Doug Sandridge - Executive Director, Oil & Gas Executives for Nuclear
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) Doug’s early interest in nuclear energy, how he ended up in oil and gas, and his eventual return to his passion for nuclear 2) How Doug caught up on the history of nuclear and recent events, as well as his mission to create Oil & Gas Executives for Nuclear 3) How different industries can work together toward the goal of abundant clean energy 4) The future’s energy mix and the development of SMRs
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Ep 436: Richard Kidd - Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy, United States Department of Defense
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) How designing a net zero refugee camp led to Richard’s long-time advocacy for energy, sustainability, and, later, nuclear power 2) Richard’s work with the Department of Defense and how he saw the awareness of nuclear energy increase over time 3) The effects of climate change on valuable resources and how the Department of Defense made climate adaptation an effort 4) The use case for modular reactors at operational bases and growing enthusiasm for nuclear energy
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Ep 435: George Borovas - Head of Nuclear and Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy
1) George’s move from Greece to the United States and how it led him to engineering, becoming a lawyer, and nuclear 2) Why George flew to Japan three weeks after Fukushima and how to communicate with people who aren’t familiar with nuclear 3) The involvement of government in nuclear energy and different ideas on the subject 4) New generations in nuclear and how their mindsets will shift the industry
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2) The use of low dose radiation (LDR) to treat COVID-19 related pneumonia and the historical precedence for this treatment
3) The importance of accurately weighing risk versus benefits when evaluating the use of radiation in medical procedures
4) Misconceptions about radiation and the important role it plays in medicine