Atomic Show Number 61 – Interview with Dr. Allison MacFarlane, Atomic Agnostic

ByRod Adams

Last night I had an interesting chat with Dr. Allison MacFarlane. She is an Associate Professor of Environment Science and Policy at George Mason University and a research associate of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs’ Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University.

She also co-authored Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation’s High-Level Nuclear Waste with Dr. Rodney Ewing, who has also appeared on The Atomic Show.

Dr. MacFarlane and I ended our conversation by agreeing to disagree, but her arguments and position are important to understand since she is definitely not alone in academia.

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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