Revolutionizing Nuclear Energy: A Deep Dive Into Molten Salt Reactors With Dr. Matthew Memmott
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
What are molten salt reactors, and how are they transforming the nuclear industry? In this episode, we delve into the latest developments of atomic energy with Dr. Matthew Memmott, an associate professor in the chemical engineering department at Brigham Young University.
Dr. Memmott's research focuses on advanced nuclear reactor design, nuclear safety, and system modeling. Currently, he is honing in on molten salt micro-reactor technology – with an emphasis on fission products and transuranic bearing molten salts. Dr. Memmott also teaches fluid mechanics and introductory nuclear engineering at BYU.
Join us now to find out:
- What molten salts are, and how they are revolutionizing nuclear energy.
- How nuclear meltdowns happen, and ways to prevent them.
- The difference between traditional reactors and molten salt reactors.
- The unique advantages of molten salt reactors.
You can learn more about Dr. Matthew Memmott and his work here!
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| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast, |
| 0:41.0 | now part of the Finding Genius Foundation. My guest is |
| 0:43.7 | Dr Matthew Mement. He's an associate professor in the Department of Chemical |
| 0:47.3 | Engineering at Brigham Young University and we're going to talk about molten salt |
| 0:51.4 | reactors used in the nuclear industry and how these |
| 0:54.9 | small modular ones are you know something new so welcome thanks for coming |
| 0:59.1 | Matt thanks Richard good to be on the show well great tell me a bit about your background and what |
| 1:04.0 | got you interested in the small reactors in the nuclear industry. |
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