Ep 61: David Shropshire, International Atomic Energy Agency

In this episode we discuss... 


David’s background in industrial engineering and work at the
Idaho National Laboratory ---

David’s current and future work at IAEA ---

A deep dive into different radioactive wastes and the
regulations surrounding their management and disposal ---

Carbon capture and sequestration ---

How our agricultural practices (particularly soil
conservation) affects climate change ---

Gen 4 reactors and their advanced fuel cycles ---

The economics of a closed fuel cycle versus an open fuel
cycle --

Different recycling schemes including MOX fuel with recycled
plutonium ---

Technical solutions to integrate nuclear with renewable
energy systems ---

The correlation between poverty and energy poverty and ways
in which solving the latter can solve the former ---