I’ve been working in nuclear energy since Elvis got his head shaved. When we sketched cores on vellum, not CAD. Long enough to see nuclear power rise, fall, and start rising again — like a very stubborn phoenix that refuses to stay down. Over the years, I’ve learned that nuclear energy isn’t just about neutrons and cross-sections, or keeping a reactor core in perfect thermal balance....
Author: Dr. Alan E. Waltar
Dr. Alan Waltar is a global authority on fast reactors, nuclear safety, and commercialization. As author of Fast Breeder Reactors and former Director of Nuclear Energy at PNNL, his influence spans national and international nuclear policy. Alan is considered one of the world’s experts in fast reactor designs.