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Published December 13, 2017
First Reaction: Rita Baranwal, Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
This summer Suzy Hobbs Baker had the opportunity to sit down with Rita Baranwal, the director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) to learn about the ways that this new initiative is opening up the Department of Energy’s national lab system to innovators working to create advanced nuclear technologies, and take them into new commercial markets. Listen to the full conversation here:
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