Ep 37: Chris Grandy, Argonne National Lab

Episode Content:




Chris' start in the Nuclear Propulsion Office Candidate
Program.  




Training with the A1W Prototype in Idaho Falls.  




Technology development and sodium-cooled power
plants.  




Improving the cost performance of technology.  




Advanced and vessel refueling machines.  




Sodium and its different mediums.  




The history of metal and the importance of building to
increasing scale for commercialization.  




Alkaline metal technology development.  




Function of the cold trap in a sodium loop.  




The differences between a sodium system and a light water
system.  




Aqueous and pyro processing technology development 




The importance of maintaining the US' technology edge and
knowledge base