On January 18, I joined Carl and Richard, the hosts of Dot Net Rocks, for an hour long conversation about nuclear energy. We spanned a number of topics including current light water reactors, breeder reactors, accidents, safety records, SL-1, NR-1, Mars Rover, pebble beds, IFR, and traveling wave reactors. Please go visit and listen.
Update (August 14, 2012) The Atomic Show podcast is now working properly on iTunes. Here is the link to the show. You can open it on iTunes as well. This is a new location, so all of those wonderful comments and ratings that you provided have disappeared. If you like the show and want to…
I do not have much time in my schedule over the next few days for a long form blog post, but I have lots of thoughts to share on a variety of atomic related topics. If you are interested in that stream of consciousness, follow @Atomicrod on Twitter. Others who have posted interesting recent tweets…
Patrick asked: In “The 760 Million Mile Per Gallon Carburetor” what was your point? Are you claiming that the fossil fuel industry and car manufacturers are NOT working together to make cars that use more fossil fuel? In sales you can do three things to increase profitability: Increase the number of people who use your…
Several people have either sent email or made a comment on the Atomic Insights Blog about the factors that limit reactor fuel consumption (burnup). Here is one of the questions with my answer. This question came from Iain, who blogs at http://ambivalentengineer.blogspot.com Rod, Could you please explain something to me, or point me at some…
John Mahler holds an almost invisible, but extremely important job. He is in charge of the physical plant operations for a major California hospital. He and his team of workers keep the water running, the electricity flowing, and the air at a comfortable temperature. He has a detailed knowledge of practical thermodynamics and energy that…