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  • Atomic Show #338 – Craig Bealmear, CFO Oklo

    Atomic Show #338 – Craig Bealmear, CFO Oklo

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    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 designing and permitting a family of small modular reactors that it plans to own and operate to produce electricity, heat and isotopes…

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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 #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…

  • Elegant woman with long wavy hair in front of greenery for atomic insights.
    Atomic Advocacy · Atomic education · Nuclear Communications · The Atomic Show Podcast

    Atomic Show #336 – Isabelle Boemeke, Author Rad Future

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:55 — 58.0MB) Subscribe: RSS

Small Module Reactors

SMR developments, politics, investments

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    What if it was possible to combine the low capital cost, reliability, and responsive operations of simple cycle combustion gas turbines with the low fuel cost and zero-emission capability of an actinide (uranium,…

  • Atomic Show #278 –  Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) project partners USNC, GFP and OPG

    Atomic Show #278 – Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) project partners USNC, GFP and OPG

    Global First Power (GFP), Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) recently announced that they had formed a joint venture called Global First Power Limited Partnership. That venture will build,…

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    For the past 5 years, Nuclear Energy Insider has been holding annual gatherings focused on developments related to small modular reactors (SMR). From the outside, it can appear that little progress has been…

AP 1000 Saga

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

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The Smoking Gun Series

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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…

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    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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