Ep 233: Jacob Eapen, North Carolina State University

In this episode, we discuss how...


1) Jacob Eapen recalls his time working on safety analysis of the
advanced heavy water reactor at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center
in India
2) How Jacob expanded his career in the U.S. nuclear academic and
industrial spaces to focus on computational material
science
3) Jacob’s current and past research projects in the material
science space includes analysis of high temperature properties of
UO2 fuel
4) Jacob explains why accident tolerant fuels are being developed
and some of the challenges faced in choosing a material for the
fuel cladding