In this episode, NENSC Co-chair Daniel Poneman and sits down with Dr. John Wagner, to discuss the Idaho National Laboratory’s historic role in Advanced Reactor Technology, his perspective on the future direction of modern Advanced Reactor Technology in the United States, and his thoughts on the safety of nuclear applications in the U.S. and other countries around the world.
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In this episode, NENSC Co-chair Daniel Poneman and Dr. Kim Budil, Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, talk about the path that led her to leading the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, reflections on the history of the lab and its prior leaders, and explore the science of fusion, its potential commercial viability, and the role of NIF and fusion testing in ensuring the safety of the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
In this episode, NENSC Co-chair Daniel Poneman and Dr. Thom Mason, Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, talk about Dr. Mason’s three decades of experience in the industry, and his leadership of the Laboratory’s national security, science, and mission-delivery portfolio. This active discussion covers prior and recent geopolitical events, the evolution of the nuclear deterrence environment, and the state of the U.S. national security and civilian nuclear energy enterprise.
In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Dan Poneman convenes two leading experts for a thoughtful conversation regarding ongoing negotiations between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a “123 agreement,” a civil nuclear cooperation agreement that provides a framework for peaceful nuclear energy cooperation. Participants include Robert Einhorn, a senior fellow in the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology at the Brookings Institution, and Pranay Vaddi, a senior nuclear fellow at the Center for Nuclear Security Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Dan Poneman sat down for an informative discussion with Dr. Jeff Waksman, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment, to discuss the evolving landscape of military energy resilience. Their conversation centered on the critical role of Project Pele, the strategic value of nuclear energy for the U.S. military, the promise of civil-military collaboration in advanced nuclear technologies, and how the pursuit of these innovations by the Department of Defense aligns with broader U.S. ambitions for technological and energy leadership.