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Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy – leftbraintorightbrain.com – a nuclear professional transitioning to finance

June 3, 2010 By Rod Adams

It is a long-standing tradition in the small, but expanding circle of pro-nuclear bloggers for us to welcome “another blogger for nuclear energy”. It is with great pleasure that I direct your attention to a blog titled Left Brain to Right Brain.

The newest entry in the pro-nuclear blogger community is published by a mechanical engineer who is currently working on nuclear piping analysis. He describes himself as “An entrepreneur currently in the field of nuclear engineering.” He has decided to blog as a way to both improve his writing skills and as a way to find his voice as he attempts to transition from a job in nuclear engineering to one in finance, presumably associated with nuclear industry developments.

As a guy who has described himself as an atomic entrepreneur since 1993 – but who is still trying to figure out how to make some real money so I can comfortably retire from my day job – I am encouraged when any nuke decides that it is time to attempt some related entrepreneurial endeavors. I like it anytime someone takes an action that proves that Amory Lovins’s is lying when he repeats his self-delusional mantra that “not a dime of private capital” is flowing to nuclear energy projects.

I tip my hat to John Wheeler from ThisWeekinNuclear.com, who noticed a pro-nuclear post at leftbraintorightbrain.com and posted the link on his Twitter feed.

Note: I am not trying to be mysterious by not posting the name of the blogger at Left Brain to Right Brain. It took a few minutes, but I put a name to the face at Left Brain To Right Brain. Since he decided to post his photo, but not his name on his blog, I assume he has done that on purpose. Unless otherwise informed, I will not make it too easy for search engines to associate the name to the blog.

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About Rod Adams

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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  1. ScotterC (Formerly Carletes) says

    June 3, 2010 at 8:54 AM

    Thanks for the shout-out Rod!
    Yes, I have decided to be quite public with my internet persona these days.
    I really appreciate the post. Although not all of my posts will be nuclear focused, I”m sure it will make up a vast majority of them since it tends to be my area of expertise.
    Thanks again!

    • Jason says

      June 3, 2010 at 2:54 PM

      Hey Scott! One question, though: why go from engineering to finance? I’m just curious because that was a switch I made right before college – one that I sometimes regret, but who doesn’t sometimes look over the fence and think the grass is greener?

      • ScotterC (Formerly Carletes) says

        June 3, 2010 at 3:43 PM

        There’s a couple reasons. Primarily though it’s that I really do have that entrepreneur’s itch and in my current start-up I’ve found that I have bitten off a lot more then I can chew. My current job function is not fulfilling my needs as of what I want to be learning and how I want to spend my time. I love nuclear power but a typical engineering role has a very narrow focus.
        Where I grew up mechanical engineers are rare. Everyone seems to have gotten their liberal arts degrees and headed to wall street. By no means do I want that necessarily, but I do want to move towards a job function that gives me a better perspective of the business world i.e. investment banking, private equity or venture capital.

        • Jason says

          June 3, 2010 at 7:16 PM

          Fair enough, all good reasons to make the switch. I’ve worked with some engineers that went and got their MBA in Finance. It seemed to work out really well for them – financially, at least.

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