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  • Atomic Show #339 – Greyson Buckingham, CEO Disa Technologies

    Atomic Show #339 – Greyson Buckingham, CEO Disa Technologies

    Rod AdamsByRod Adams
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    Abandoned uranium mine waste has been a big deal for decades, but almost no one had an inkling about what we should do to solve the problem. The scale of the challenge is huge, with various estimates ranging between 1 and 8 billion tons of uranium mining waste rock spread over more than 10,000 sites,…

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    Advanced Atomic Technologies · Atomic Entrepreneurs · Fuel Recycling · Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #338 – Craig Bealmear, CFO Oklo

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    Atomic history · Fuel Recycling · Non proliferation · Plutonium · Politics of Nuclear Energy

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  • Atomic Show #337 – Leigh Curyer, CEO NexGen Energy
    The Atomic Show Podcast · Uranium mining

    Atomic Show #337 – Leigh Curyer, CEO NexGen Energy

    NexGen Energy is a uranium mining company that is nearing the end of a long transition from a successful exploration entity to a uranium producing company. The company is in the final stages…

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    Atomic Advocacy · Atomic education · Nuclear Communications · The Atomic Show Podcast

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The Atomic Show Podcast

The Atomic Show Podcast includes interviews, roundtable discussions and atomic geeks all centered around the idea that nuclear energy is an amazing boon for human society.

  • Atomic Show #339 – Greyson Buckingham, CEO Disa Technologies
    Advanced Atomic Technologies · Nuclear regulations · Nuclear Waste · The Atomic Show Podcast · Uranium mining

    Atomic Show #339 – Greyson Buckingham, CEO Disa Technologies

    Abandoned uranium mine waste has been a big deal for decades, but almost no one had an inkling about what we should do to solve the problem. The scale of the challenge is…

  • Atomic Show #338 – Craig Bealmear, CFO Oklo
    Advanced Atomic Technologies · Atomic Entrepreneurs · Fuel Recycling · Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #338 – Craig Bealmear, CFO Oklo

    Oklo is rapidly becoming a household name, at least among households with members who pay attention to energy industry developments and/or the headliners in the financial press. Oklo is in the process of…

  • Atomic Show #337 – Leigh Curyer, CEO NexGen Energy
    The Atomic Show Podcast · Uranium mining

    Atomic Show #337 – Leigh Curyer, CEO NexGen Energy

    NexGen Energy is a uranium mining company that is nearing the end of a long transition from a successful exploration entity to a uranium producing company. The company is in the final stages…

Small Module Reactors

SMR developments, politics, investments

  • Smaller nuclear power plants can be beautiful, despite the opposition of the UCS

    Dr. Edwin Lyman, Senior Scientist, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, has published a paper titled Small Isn’t Always Beautiful: Safety, Security, and Cost Concerns about Small Modular Reactors that poses many…

  • New York’s next nuclear plant is likely to be a four unit BWRX-300 installation

    New York’s next nuclear plant is likely to be a four unit BWRX-300 installation

    On June 23, New York’s Governor Hochul announced that she had directed the New York Power Authority to build a new nuclear energy facility with at least 1 GWe of capacity. During the…

  • The Atomic Show #142 – American Right-Sized Reactors

    Tom Sanders is an advocate of building right sized reactor power systems to meet human needs. He is a leader of a team working on that technology at Sandia National Laboratory. He is…

AP 1000 Saga

Why one of the most advanced new reactors has been challenged.

  • AP1000 saga

    Vogtle 3 and 4 construction continuation agreement through June 3

    Late yesterday evening, Georgia Power announced that it and Westinghouse had come to an agreement – “in principle” – that would result in a transition of the Vogtle 3 & 4 project management…

  • Advanced Atomic Technologies · AP1000 saga · New Nuclear

    Several important nuclear energy developments from the Westinghouse press office

    On October 28, 2015, Westinghouse issued a press release titled AP1000® RCP REACHES FULL QUALIFICATION confirming a rumor I heard during my visit to Knoxville last week. The release contained wonderful, sigh of…

  • One Toshiba Lesson – Organizations With Venerable Corporate Names Can Be Risky Acquisitions
    AP1000 saga · Business of atomic energy · Economics

    One Toshiba Lesson – Organizations With Venerable Corporate Names Can Be Risky Acquisitions

    There are numerous reasons why Toshiba, formerly an enormous and successful Japanese electronics manufacturer, is struggling to survive. One of the lessons available to be learned – once again – is caveat emptor…

The Smoking Gun Series

Stories of fossil fuel interests fighting nuclear

  • Smoking Gun Part 17 – German Renewable Industry Spokesman Presses for Nuclear Shutdown

    The old “smoking” industries are not the only ones who have a direct financial incentive in shutting out the nuclear competition. Here is a quote from a March 6, 2009 article on Energy…

  • ExxonMobil aiming to capture growth in US electricity market

    On January 9, 2012, The Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University held a hydrofracking workshop. The organizers invited a number of speakers from both industry and academia to discuss a contentious,…

  • Smoking Gun Part 16 – Leader of British National Union Of Miners Demands CCS and Nuclear Shutdown

    I have always tried to be clear when I talk about how fossil fuel interests have been responsible for much of the success of the organized anti-nuclear movement. Many people in various discussion…

Investing in Nuclear

Nuclear investments – enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy

  • Parnassus Versus Green Century: A Contrast in Styles

    Parnassus Versus Green Century: A Contrast in Styles

    Cross-posted from Nucleation Capital June, July and August of 2023 were the three hottest months the Earth has ever seen by such a large margin, it left climate scientists agog. Climate disasters are abounding apace, with the U.S. hit by 23 large-scale disasters, a record-breaking year already. In Pakistan, extreme rainfall and flooding affected 33…

  • How Hot is Cold Fusion?

    How Hot is Cold Fusion?

    The 24th International Conference on Cold Fusion (ICCF24) was held at the lovely and spacious Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA over four days in late July. As a venture investor looking at evaluating and investing in a wide range of advanced nuclear ventures, I was invited to participate and/or sponsor the event. While…

Rod Adams

Managing Partner, Nucleation Capital, a venture fund enabling broader investor access to a diverse portfolio of advanced nuclear energy and deep decarbonization ventures. Nuclear energy expert and former submarine Engineer Officer with nuclear propulsion plant experience. Founder, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. Host and producer, The Atomic Show Podcast.

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