Ep 12: Jeff Harper, X-Energy

Episode Content:




Jeff's earlier career as an NRC vendor inspector 




The relationship between NRC and Industry including the
balance of health and safety against cost and schedule 




His work with Westinghouse bidding on an South African
nuclear build and the story behind their attempted
development of the pebble bed




A description of the Pebble Bed technology advantages




Further details on the X-energy fuel and reactor technology




The role of Silicon Carbide in in TRISO Fuel 




An alternative safety approach to redundancy and defense in
depth




The X-energy team composition and its founder
Kam Ghaffarian 




How high temperature nuclear can be used for water
desalination




Further details of X-energy's deployment strategy