18th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Blog Posts – Week Ending on September 11, 2010

ByRod Adams

The ANS Nuclear Cafe hosted the 18th carnival of nuclear energy focused blog posts. These carnivals point out key items of interest from people who are regularly writing about nuclear energy from a variety of points of situations and points of view. Please visit 18th Carnival of nuclear energy bloggers for a single stop shop of what is happening around the nuclear energy blogosphere. While you are at the ANS Nuclear Cafe, look around and then bookmark the site for a regular visit as this new American Nuclear Society initiative gets rolling.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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