Ep. 70 - Ian Scott, Moltex Energy
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...
- Ian’s background in biology and personal evolution through the nuclear industry ---
- Economic challenges within the industry ---
- A deep dive into molten salt fuel and its chemical makeup including uranium chloride ---
- The efficiency of uranium oxide versus uranium metal ---
- Why heat can be stored at a large scale while electricity cannot ---
- Why molten salt reactors are safer and thus cheaper when it comes to materials and construction ---
- The life cycle of molten salt reactors ---
- Why fast reactors aren’t sustainable ---
- How testing in a non-radioactive environment speeds up the time to fuel qualification ---
- The pros and cons of different nuclear regulators ---
- Challenges with funding between the government and investors ---
- Ian’s positive outlook on nuclear’s future and solving its two key problems of cost and energy storage
