Alan Waltar on "Atoms for Peace Reactor"

ByRod Adams

Back in November, 2005, when I attended the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting, I listened to Alan Waltar talk about his current project called the “Atoms for Peace Reactor”. Alan is a Past President of the ANS, the author of “Radiation and Modern Life: Fulfilling Marie Curie’s Dream” and “America the Powerless: Facing our Nuclear Energy Dilemma and a passionate, entertaining speaker about nuclear energy issues.

I think you will enjoy his talk, available as a 22.5 MB MP3 at:

Alan_Waltar_Atoms_For_Peace_Reactor.mp3

For those of you who wonder why I am telling you this on December 24, more than six weeks after the event, my only excuse is that sometimes I have a hard time getting “a round tuit”. I just got around to posting the file and adding it to the Atomic Insights Audio Archive. Merry Christmas.

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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.

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