Ep 83: Tina Taylor, Electric Power Research Institute

In this episode we discuss...


Tina’s background in chemical engineering and her personal
evolution in the nuclear industry

Tina’s early work at Northeast Utilities helping to manage
the start up of Millstone 3

The chemical processes involved in a steam generator

B&W Nuclear Technologies aka Framatome

Different reactor types and their chemical components

Comparing the overall environmental impact and health risk
across different energy sources including nuclear

Risk-based versus prescriptive approaches to licensing new
designs in the US

Key drivers of research in plant modernization including
technology to automatically monitor chemistry

Ways we can improve the economics of nuclear safety