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Visions to Reality – Taking Inspiration From the 1953 Vintage Classic Titled ‘A’ is For Atom

February 3, 2011 By Rod Adams

The Atomic Age did not really start with a bang, and the scientists who discovered that neutrons were matter altering tools that enabled them to release vast quantities of heat energy were not really focused on building destructive weapons. Instead, atomic pioneers like Szilard, Fermi, Noddack, and Mitner were excited to be both unlocking stored […]

Filed Under: Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers

The Atomic Show #133 – Todd Tucker, Author Atomic America

May 27, 2009 By Rod Adams

Atomic America has a thought provoking subtitle – “How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History”. The unifying story through the book is one that most nuclear trained people know a little about – the accident at the Army’s SL-1 that took place on January 3, 1961. In Atomic […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Alternative energy, Army Nuclear Program, Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Podcast Tagged With: ALCO, Army Nuclear Power, SL-1

The Atomic Show #086 – Howard Shaffer – voluntary nuclear educator

March 20, 2008 By Rod Adams

Howard Shaffer is a Rickover selected former Navy nuclear officer, he helped to build and operate several plants in the US and Taiwan, and volunteered throughout his career to share nuclear information with anti-nuclear advocates. Howard Shaffer is a retired nuclear engineer who received his initial nuclear training and experience as a member of the […]

Filed Under: Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Podcast

The Atomic Show #075 – Ted Rockwell, Atomic Pioneer, tells Shippingport Atomic Power Station Story

December 20, 2007 By Rod Adams

Ted Rockwell has been there and done that when it comes to nuclear power plant design and construction. He was a key member of the team that built the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the first solely commercial nuclear electric generating station in the world. On December 18, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station started supplying […]

Filed Under: Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Podcast, Pressurized Water, Technical History Stories

The Atomic Show #070 – Lighting Arco, Idaho

September 30, 2007 By Rod Adams 4 Comments

Ray Haroldsen tells the story of how BORAX III became the first US nuclear plant to supply electricity to a town. In the fall of 1954, the US Atomic Energy Commission learned that the Soviet Union was planning to participate for the first time in the annual International Atomic Energy Agency conference on nuclear energy. […]

Filed Under: Atomic Pioneers, Podcast, Technical History Stories

The Atomic Show #069 – Ray Haroldsen, Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 stories

September 23, 2007 By Rod Adams

Ray Haroldsen, back by popular demand, shares some more stories about his experiences on the technical team of the EBR-1, including some information about the results of the core melt that occurred in Nov 1955. Last week, Ray Haroldsen shared some of his memories as a member of the technical team at the National Reactor […]

Filed Under: Atomic Pioneers, Podcast, Technical History Stories

The Atomic Show #067 – Interview with Bob Bromm, Mechanical Engineer

September 13, 2007 By Rod Adams 3 Comments

Bob Bromm is a professional mechanical engineer. He has recently been assigned to a new job with the team that has a contract to provide architect-engineering services for a two reactor ABWR for NRG. As we have discussed on a number of occasions, the renaissance in atomic energy has begun. For show 67, I had […]

Filed Under: Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Podcast

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