Ep 66: Charles Carpenter, Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Center

In this episode we discuss

• Charles' personal evolution in the nuclear industry ---
• Opinion on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in his home state of Nevada ---
• Forging and its role in nuclear ---
• Charles' work in quality assurance in the forging industry ---
• A deep dive into two-phase heat transfer and its processes --- Human factory challenges and ways the AMRC is working to overcome them ---
• The ins and outs of steam generators ---
• Techniques the AMRC is working on to increase welding efficiency ---
• Single platform manufacturing and how it's improving nuclear cost and time efficiency