Dennis Whyte's guest appearances

Dennis Whyte

Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy

MIT Energy Initiative

Lex Fridman Podcast

The Galileo Interviews with Caspar Gleave

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

OwlTail

Recorded at the Institute of Physics in London, this is a  discussion with Professor Dennis Whyte, the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering at MIT, a professor in the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Director of the MIT Plasma Science &amp; Fusion Center. He’s the winner of numerous accolades, including in 2018 the Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award which is given annually to individuals who have shown outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion. This leadership extends to heading up the fusion project SPARC, a compact, high-field, fusion energy device, in collaboration with MIT-born private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems. The day before this interview I was lucky enough to listen to him speak at FUSION22, which took place at the Science Museum in London. It was incredibly exciting to learn more about the extraordinary strides that are being made towards a reality of commercial fusion energy. It’s a really dynamic field and I hope you enjoy the conversation. The Galileo Interviews on: » YouTube | https://youtu.be/ozsRXzQ-S7w?sub_confirmation=1 » Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thegalileoi... » LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/theg... Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:31 Reasons to be a future employee 00:04:10 'The research bug' and finding your motivation 00:07:18 What is nuclear fusion and how are we trying to harness it for energy? 00:10:47 The SPARC project and extraordinary successes 00:17:20 Remaining challenges for young people to get excited about 00:22:10 Collaboration in fusion 00:27:13 Politics and development hurdles 00:29:35 Leadership 00:31:58 Advice for an 18 year old self

Recorded at the Institute of Physics in London, this is a  discussion with Professor Dennis Whyte, the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering at MIT, a professor in the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Director of the MIT Plasma Science &amp; Fusion Center. He’s the winner of numerous accolades, including in 2018 the Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award which is given annually to individuals who have shown outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion. This leadership extends to heading up the fusion project SPARC, a compact, high-field, fusion energy device, in collaboration with MIT-born private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems. The day before this interview I was lucky enough to listen to him speak at FUSION22, which took place at the Science Museum in London. It was incredibly exciting to learn more about the extraordinary strides that are being made towards a reality of commercial fusion energy. It’s a really dynamic field and I hope you enjoy the conversation. The Galileo Interviews on: » YouTube |<a href="https://youtu.be/ozsRXzQ-S7w?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://youtu.be/ozsRXzQ-S7w?sub_confirmation=1</a> » Instagram |<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU9DWHNsbllNNFdoUG5xWHdkN2x4VEhuQS1mUXxBQ3Jtc0tuODl0dm1tYUpVYTUtTUpOd0pBc3Rfc3hESWJ6N29LQXdWMFVBdW5RNHFZUk4tNWlXTVBNX3NqanYzc1phcEJ4LVBXR0xsSDctb0NDMHhpSkU0X0lDel8xeXAxa1FDSWtxeWZVUkJKUlBHaWRZMjFTTQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fthegalileointerviews&amp;v=ozsRXzQ-S7w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.instagram.com/thegalileoi...</a> » LinkedIn |<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnE3czlSa0p1Y1lTNzBfRHJ2cjFyQXFMUHBKUXxBQ3Jtc0trSVk4NDNRWVlGVmt5UzM0ajBseDk3R0k0ZFdIWDB4UGJXN3Nxdjd1SUJuakRFRE9MaHJ0QUo3WnE5N28yNDdkcFp6Z0FiYlQxY0Q1bmZFV3JkX3lybExKNmZvck9yUVptNl8xSzVHYkx1bTlXZXNnZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fthegalileointerviews&amp;v=ozsRXzQ-S7w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.linkedin.com/company/theg...</a> Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:31 Reasons to be a future employee 00:04:10 'The research bug' and finding your motivation 00:07:18 What is nuclear fusion and how are we trying to harness it for energy? 00:10:47 The SPARC project and extraordinary successes 00:17:20 Remaining challenges for young people to get excited about 00:22:10 Collaboration in fusion 00:27:13 Politics and development hurdles 00:29:35 Leadership 00:31:58 Advice for an 18 year old self

Dennis Whyte: SPARC, fusion energy, leadership and collaboration | #5

In this episode we discuss...  Dennis’ background and personal journey in the nuclear industry A deep dive into tokamaks and their innerworkings The definition of a plasma Why heat and density are crucial to successful fusion and the material challenges involved How tritium is extracted from lithium Requirements to prevent coolant itself from becoming radioactive Design challenges surrounding fusion systems including pumps and their inability to distinguish between helium and unburned fuel The physics of magnetism Dennis’ mission to change the global nuclear industry through his work at MIT to make fusion economically viable 

In this episode we discuss... <ul> <li>Dennis’ background and personal journey in the nuclear industry</li> <li>A deep dive into tokamaks and their innerworkings</li> <li>The definition of a plasma</li> <li>Why heat and density are crucial to successful fusion and the material challenges involved</li> <li>How tritium is extracted from lithium</li> <li>Requirements to prevent coolant itself from becoming radioactive</li> <li>Design challenges surrounding fusion systems including pumps and their inability to distinguish between helium and unburned fuel</li> <li>The physics of magnetism</li> <li>Dennis’ mission to change the global nuclear industry through his work at MIT to make fusion economically viable</li> </ul>

Ep 123: Dennis Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology