Show number 26 of The Atomic Show has been posted. Shane and I engage in a geeky conversation with topics ranging from helium in Russian natural gas wells to cost competition with coal. Somehow we manage to include some information about deep sea diving, The Fountainhead, and the assumptions underlying the 2003 MIT study titled “The Future of Nuclear Power.”
I hope you listen and enjoy.
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