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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.
Every once in a while, I write up an observation or thought that cannot be directly related to the kinds of energy discussions appropriate for Atomic Insights. I occasionally publish those observations on a separate blog called Questioning Attitude that is named after one of the life philosophies that Admiral Rickover encouraged in his nuclear…
I just have to get this off of my chest. There is a meme that is going around – particularly in the conservative press and from the lips of wealthy people being interviewed – that there are a large portion of workers in America who do not pay taxes on their income. The example of…
Joe Romm at Climate Progress has an interesting point to make about the frustrations of debating people who make stuff up on the fly. It can be quite challenging to be in a situation where you have done your homework, have all of the charts and graphs, and can speak with reasonable fluency about the…
Sometimes, I plow my way through material that almost turns my stomach or makes me laugh outright in order to keep tabs on just how far some people will go in their efforts to deny the use of atomic fission energy. It is now very close to the 30th anniversary of the accident at Three…
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There is an article in the October 12, 2010 issue of the New York Times titled Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Praise, and Backing. In that article, Matthew Wald describes an announcement by by Google and a New York financial firm named Good Energies indicating plans to build an undersea cable along the eastern seaboard…
I look forward to seeing and promoting Nuclear (and you in it).
How much work is it to move the fuel from those huge ungainly casks to a central location in US?…
@Rob Brixey The project you mention were not the kind of commercial prototypes I am suggesting. As far as I…
Vallecitos BWR was a prototype in its day. But that was built during the AEC (collaboration) vs NRC (regulation) paradigm.…
That makes sense. I suppose that as long as the storage system allows for relatively easy access to the casks,…
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No Thank you.
As much as this accident has raised old questions, it is bloggers like you that are making the difference this time in presenting the story untainted by the need to sensationalize, or hidden agenda. Furthermore, you are creating rallying points for those of us that support nuclear energy, but often feel that we are isolated.
Thank-you
Similar happened to the Oil Drum last summer. Enjoy it and appreciate both how hungry people are for authoritative sources, as well as the respect the crowd confers on you.
(A LANL scientist writing at discover magazine a few days ago wrote “You can
Thank you. Got the tip about this website from Cameron Reiley and this No Illusions Podcast. Its aways good to see another smart discusion on nuclear power.
Thanks.
Rod, have you seen this really terrific graphic to give some perspective to relative radiation dosing from fukushima and other sources? I thought it was great, but have not yet had a chance to follow through to the sources links. http://xkcd.com/radiation/