Ep. 159 - Shane Johnson, Department of Energy

In this episode, we discuss...

  • How Three Mile Island and the oil embargo influenced Shane to pursue nuclear engineering
  • How Shane helped support university test reactors through his role at the Office of Nuclear Energy
  • How tritium influenced the history behind the Office of New Production Reactors national security program
  • Creating a roadmap for Generation IV reactor development and deployment
  • How contracting to end users can help mobilize new nuclear
  • The driving issues behind construction and deployment of new nuclear technologies
  • How the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) program united research and design efforts

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