TerraPower
David Bankston, PE, currently serves as the Mechanical Design Manager for the MCFR division at TerraPower, where responsibilities include overseeing mechanical design structural analysis and ensuring compliance with industry standards. With extensive experience at Bechtel Corporation, David led a multidisciplinary team in the requalification of glass melters for nuclear waste treatment and served as a Senior Plant Design/Equipment Stress Engineer, focusing on designs for remote operation in highly radioactive environments. David holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, both from Washington State University.
TerraPower
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TerraPower aims to develop a sustainable and economic nuclear energy system while greatly reducing proliferation risks and creating new options for converting low-level waste into vast energy resources. TerraPower is investigating a class of nuclear fast reactors called the traveling wave reactor (TWR).