Hans Gougar's guest appearances

Hans Gougar

Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy

Anurag Gupta

Paul Murphy

Mark Lewis

Larry Smith

Dan Wells

Jason Harris

Richard Barrett

Todd Allen

David Frum

Tom Jones

Matt Yglesias

Rod Adams

Phillip Johnson

Sean Donnelly

Seth Moulton

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Episode Content:   How Hans became interested in nuclear energy   An overview of the of pebble bed technology physics and materials   How high temperature can be safer than low temperature   The ups and downs of interest in the technology   He explains need to build expertise, infrastructure, modeling and new regulations just to lay the foundation for commercializing new technologies   Why even a 50MW pilot project is a large endeavor   The role INL plays as an independent auditor and fuel qualifier   He articulates the difference between pebblebed and prismatic reactors   We wrap up with where Hans sees the future of Nuclear technology  

Episode Content: <ul> <li> How Hans became interested in nuclear energy </li> <li> An overview of the of pebble bed technology physics and materials </li> <li> How high temperature can be safer than low temperature </li> <li> The ups and downs of interest in the technology </li> <li> He explains need to build expertise, infrastructure, modeling and new regulations just to lay the foundation for commercializing new technologies </li> <li> Why even a 50MW pilot project is a large endeavor </li> <li> The role INL plays as an independent auditor and fuel qualifier </li> <li> He articulates the difference between pebblebed and prismatic reactors </li> <li> We wrap up with where Hans sees the future of Nuclear technology </li> </ul>

Ep 07: Hans Gougar, Idaho National Labs