Ep 115: Ed Pheil, Elysium

In this episode we discuss...


Ed’s background in the US Navy and his personal journey in
the nuclear industry

Ed’s work designing nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers,
and space crafts for the Navy

General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls and their respective
roles in nuclear construction

Uranium hexafluoride gas reactors and the processes within

Nuclear opponents and their negative effects on the
construction and licensing processes

How the US nuclear industry is working to overcome supply
chain challenges including replacing medium enriched uranium with
plutonium

Table salt’s important role in recycling spent fuels

The economics of fuel storage

A deep dive into fuel and reactor lifetimes

The plant Ed envisions including its total power output and
the regulatory and financial hurdles involved