Naked Nuclear
de Danielle Allen
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Ever wondered how nuclear energy works or what advanced nuclear technology really means? Naked Nuclear breaks down complex topics like nuclear reactors, fuel types, and emerging technologies into simple, accessible conversations. Whether you're a curious beginner or an energy enthusiast, we make the science behind nuclear power easy to understand so you can launch your career in the clean energy future. Tune in to strip down the fascinating world of nuclear energy—one atom at a time.
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- I&C with Tighe Smith: The Nervous System of a Nuclear Reactor · 51 min · Saison 3 Épisode 64ABOUT THIS EPISODE What keeps a nuclear power plant running safely after 50 years? Tighe Smith knows better than almost anyone. As Chief Nuclear Officer at Paragon Energy…
- Follow The Friday: Nuclear Down Under with Mark Schneider · 1 h 11 min · Saison 3 Épisode 62Mark Schneider accidentally became a nuclear professional at 17 when a sarcastic answer to a Navy recruiter — "only if you have nuclear power" — launched a 20-year career. He…
- Ukrainian War Refugee to Microreactor Entrepreneur: Building the N1 with Jonas Helwig · 25 min · Saison 3 Épisode 64Jonas Helwig is Swedish-born, French-passport-holding, and was living in Ukraine when the war started. He fled with his wife and their newborn daughter, ended up in Buenos Aires…
- Season 4 Sneak Peak! How to Scale Nuclear Energy with Ross-Matzkin-Bridger · 41 min · Saison 4 Épisode 1SNEAK PEAK! Season 4 of Naked Nuclear is about the infrastructure underneath nuclear energy, the laws, regulations, economics, and institutions most people never think about…
- After-Pop! Wait... Should We Recycle Used Nuclear Fuel? The History, Economics, and Proliferation concerns · 14 min · Saison 3 Épisode 60Ed McGinnis said something in our last episode that's hard to shake: 96% of the energy in spent nuclear fuel has never been touched. The physics checks out. But what happens when…
- It's Not Actually Waste: How CURIO is Tackling the Nuclear Waste Problem with Ed McGinnis · 42 min · Saison 3 Épisode 59Imagine filling up your car at a gas station in Washington, DC, and heading toward Richmond. Twenty miles down the road, you pull over, call a tow truck, and scrap the car, with…
- After-Pop! Megawatts Thermal vs Electric? · 11 min · Saison 3 Épisode 58Dr. John Zino stood in front of a room of engineers, technicians, and career-changers and told them a nuclear reactor is "just boiling water." Jaws dropped. Really? That's it?…
- Inside the BWRX-300 with Dr. John Zino | "We're just boiling water!" · 38 min · Saison 3 Épisode 57What does it actually look like to spend nearly 40 years inside the nuclear industry, from submarine shielding to the Department of Energy to the cutting edge of small modular…
- How to Build the Internet’s Best Nuclear Guide with Nick Touran · 54 min · Saison 3 Épisode 56What does it take to explain one of the most misunderstood technologies on Earth? This Final Friday on Naked Nuclear, Danielle sits down with Nick Touran for a new Follow Them…
- The 41-Hour Pour: When a Nuclear Plant Begins to Exist · 8 min · Saison 3 Épisode 55At 2:13 AM in Waynesboro, Georgia, crews were already deep into a process they couldn’t stop. For 41 continuous hours, concrete flowed into the basemat of Vogtle Unit 4, the…
- Why Build Nuclear When We Have Solar? · 14 min · Saison 3 Épisode 54I Asked If Solar Could Power California… and It Got Complicated What started as a simple question turned into a full-blown debate: If solar panels and batteries are getting so…
- Change Your Mind on Climate Change: Why Energy is Life with Zion Lights · 59 minWhat happens when an environmentalist changes their mind about nuclear energy? In this episode of Naked Nuclear, Danielle sits down with Zion Lights, environmental advocate…
- Raised by the Reactor: How a 19 year-old Laborer Became a Nuclear Welder · 40 min · Saison 3 Épisode 53When people talk about building nuclear power plants, the conversation usually centers on policy, engineering, and billion-dollar infrastructure. But reactors aren’t built in…
- After-Pop! What is an EPC & Why You Should Care? · 10 min · Saison 3 Épisode 51What an EPC Actually Does: Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Explained What does it actually take to build a nuclear power plant? In this After-Pop! episode of Naked…
- Built By Bechtel: How to Build Advanced Nuclear with Ahmet Tokpinar · 49 min · Saison 3 Épisode 50Nuclear power is often described as essential for climate goals, grid reliability, and energy security. But here’s the real question: Can we actually build it safely, on time…
- Island Energy Super Heroes: How one Jamaican PhD Student is Transforming Energy Literacy · 36 min · Saison 2 Épisode 49What happens when a nuclear engineering PhD student realizes that the book she needed as a child… doesn’t exist? She writes it. In this episode of Naked Nuclear, Danielle sits…
- Nuclear Physics for 3rd Graders? How ANS is Re-shaping K-12 Education with Uchenna Ezibe · 41 min · Saison 2 Épisode 48In this episode, Danielle talks with Uchenna Ezibe about how the American Nuclear Society is shaping the future of nuclear education—starting as early as kindergarten. They dive…
- BONUS Crossover Episode: The Future of Nuclearn & Naked Nuclear · 1 h 29 min · Saison 2 Épisode 47In this crossover episode between Naked Nuclear and Nuclearn’s The Future of Nuclear, we bring together two teams with different backgrounds but a shared philosophy: curiosity…
- Intro to Fusion Energy with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory · 42 min · Saison 2 Épisode 46What exactly is plasma, and why are some of the world’s brightest minds betting on fusion energy to power our future? In this episode of Naked Nuclear, host Danielle sits down…
- After-Pop! Inside the Z Machine: The Most Powerful Pulse on Earth · 10 min · Saison 2 Épisode 44What happens when you unleash more power than every power plant on Earth — for just a few billionths of a second? Welcome to After-Pop! — today, we’re diving into the Z Machine…
