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331: Friendly Tea Kettle

Embedded.fm · 21 May 2020 · 59m · Episode 331

What this episode covers

Dr. Katy Huff, a professor at the University of Illinois, discusses her work in nuclear engineering and scientific computing, including her O'Reilly book 'Effective Computation in Physics' and her involvement with Software Carpentry. She explains that nuclear reactors are fundamentally 'friendly tea kettles' for boiling water, contrasting commercial light water reactors with highly enriched naval reactors. Huff advocates for reproducible, open-source scientific computing, using Python tools like Pint and specific nuclear packages to ensure accuracy in complex simulations of molten salt and micro-reactors.

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Hydra, Godiva
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Pint, Pynuc, Perk, YT
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Katy Huff, Effective Computation in Physics, Software Carpentry, Janelle Shane

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