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  • Atomic Show #345 – Bobby Gallagher, CEO Deployable Energy

    Atomic Show #345 – Bobby Gallagher, CEO Deployable Energy

    Rod AdamsByRod Adams
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    Deployable Energy is a young company with a guiding principle. They believe that nuclear energy should be a product, not a project. Founded in 2025 after a period of intensive study and design work, the company has developed a product branded as the Unity Nuclear Battery (UNB™). It’s a 1 MWe (3 MWth) micro reactor…

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  • Atomic Show #344 – Jarret Adams, Founder Full On Communications
    Atomic Advocacy · Atomic education · Nuclear Communications · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #344 – Jarret Adams, Founder Full On Communications

    There are few industries in the world that have a greater need for skilled communications than the nuclear industry. It’s a challenging technology to understand and to explain to those who are not…

  • Atomic Show #343 – Yasir Arafat, CTO Aalo Atomics
    Advanced Atomic Technologies · Atomic Entrepreneurs · Innovation · Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors · New Nuclear · Small Nuclear Power Plants · Smaller reactors · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #343 – Yasir Arafat, CTO Aalo Atomics

    Aalo Atomics is a three year old company that is focused on designing, manufacturing and deploying nuclear reactors. Their stated goal is to achieve an electricity production cost of less than $0.03 (3…

  • Atomic Show #342 – Christo Liebenberg, President, LIS Technologies
    Advanced Atomic Technologies · Atomic Entrepreneurs · Nuclear Fuel Cycle · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #342 – Christo Liebenberg, President, LIS Technologies

    LIS Technologies (LIST) is a young company with deep historical roots. CRISLA (Condensation Repression Isotope Selective Laser Activation), its laser isotope separation concept was developed and tested during the late 1980s and early…

  • Atomic Show #341 – Ho Nieh, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    NRC · Nuclear regulations · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #341 – Ho Nieh, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Ho Nieh, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, visited the Atomic Show for a wide ranging discussion about the agency, its role in enabling the safe use of nuclear energy, the importance…

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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 #345 – Bobby Gallagher, CEO Deployable Energy
    Advanced Atomic Technologies · Atomic Entrepreneurs · Gas Cooled Reactors · Gas cooled water moderated · Innovation · New Nuclear · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #345 – Bobby Gallagher, CEO Deployable Energy

    Deployable Energy is a young company with a guiding principle. They believe that nuclear energy should be a product, not a project. Founded in 2025 after a period of intensive study and design…

  • Atomic Show #344 – Jarret Adams, Founder Full On Communications
    Atomic Advocacy · Atomic education · Nuclear Communications · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #344 – Jarret Adams, Founder Full On Communications

    There are few industries in the world that have a greater need for skilled communications than the nuclear industry. It’s a challenging technology to understand and to explain to those who are not…

  • Atomic Show #343 – Yasir Arafat, CTO Aalo Atomics
    Advanced Atomic Technologies · Atomic Entrepreneurs · Innovation · Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors · New Nuclear · Small Nuclear Power Plants · Smaller reactors · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #343 – Yasir Arafat, CTO Aalo Atomics

    Aalo Atomics is a three year old company that is focused on designing, manufacturing and deploying nuclear reactors. Their stated goal is to achieve an electricity production cost of less than $0.03 (3…

Small Module Reactors

SMR developments, politics, investments

  • The Atomic Show #100 – Nuclear Power on a New Scale – NuScale Power

    Paul Lorenzini and Jose Reyes of NuScale Power chat about their company’s 45 MWe natural circulation light water reactor. This episode sponsored by Entergy Nuclear. Imagine – a traditional utility company far sighted…

  • History Made as NuScale Files First SMR Application With U.S. Nuke Regulators

    Two years ago, NuScale committed to filing a license application for its eponymous SMR design with U.S. regulators by the end of 2016. Just three months before two company executives used a custom…

  • What exploded in Russia on Aug 8? My estimate is a (chemical) booster rocket for a nuclear powered cruise missile.

    A cruise missile with a nuclear reactor heated turbofan engine and a liquid fueled booster rocket is the most likely description of the Russian developmental weapons system that exploded while being tested on…

AP 1000 Saga

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

  • AP1000 saga · Fossil fuel competition · New Nuclear · Nuclear Cost Data

    Is Levy County nuclear plant too expensive to compete with natural gas?

    On Saturday, May 11, 2013, the Tampa Bay Times published a lengthy piece by Ivan Penn titled Levy nuclear plant more costly than a natural gas facility that uses a detailed analysis with…

  • Advanced Atomic Technologies · AP1000 saga · New Nuclear

    Reactor Coolant Pumps for AP1000 still a problem

    This is a story that I really don’t want to tell, but bad news is like old fish. It doesn’t smell any better as it ages. All eight AP1000 construction projects are at…

  • AP1000 saga · Fossil fuel competition · New Nuclear · Vogtle

    NAVIGANT analysis of Vogtle expansion provided to JEA in Sep 2017 understates fuel price risks

    Aaron Zahn, the interim managing director and CEO of the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA), believes it is time to give up on the Vogtle expansion project. On August 17, he sent a letter…

The Smoking Gun Series

Stories of fossil fuel interests fighting nuclear

  • Smoking gun – German president of Environmental Protection Agency touts natural gas instead of nuclear

    An article in The Guardian titled UK’s faith in nuclear power threatens renewables, says German energy expert is full of evidence of the alliance between natural gas salesmen and the advocates of unreliable…

  • Smoking Gun Part 10 – Scottish government signals support for reopening Longannet

    In the midst of the debate about whether or not the UK should include new nuclear power as one of its major options in a new energy strategy designed to lessen the island…

  • Jerry Taylor of Cato Institute – Fires Back at My "Smoking Gun" Accusation That He is Opposed To Nuclear Energy BECAUSE He Prefers Natural Gas

    Jerry Taylor, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, has taken the time to produce a detailed and well-referenced rebuttal to my post titled Jerry Taylor, a Fellow at the Cato Institute, founded…

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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