Atomic Show – Interview with Ted Rockwell

ByRod Adams

On May 4, 2006 my buddy Shane Brown and I spent an enjoyable hour chatting with Ted Rockwell, author of The Rickover Effect: The Inside Story of How Adm. Hyman Rickover Built the Nuclear Navy and Creating the New World: Stories and Images From the Dawn of the Atomic Age.

The interview is posted on the web as Episode 14 of The Atomic Show Podcast. Stop by and have a listen – check out the new Flash player button that allows you to simply hit play while in your web browser.

Rod Adams
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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