Ep. 119 - Metin Yetisir, Canada Nuclear Laboratory
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy - En podcast af Bret Kugelmass, Energy Impact Center
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In this episode we discuss...
- Metin’s background in mechanical engineering and personal journey in the nuclear industry
- A deep dive into CANDU (Canada Deuterium Uranium) reactors
- The inner mechanisms that cause steam reactor tubes to fail and how we’ve overcome this issue
- Metin’s work in thermal performance and degradation studies
- The neutronics and safety systems in PWRs and BDWs versus those in light water reactors
- A breakdown of supercritical water
- How technologies and designs within supercritical coal plants could potentially be recycled to create supercritical nuclear plants
- Lessons learned from light and heavy water reactors and how Canada Nuclear Labs is applying those lessons to new technologies
- The Pan-Canadian SMR Initiative and its mission to facilitate global implementation
