Backyard Nukes – DSC 593

ByRod Adams

On May Day, I spent an enjoyable 25 minutes being interviewed by Adam Curry as a guest “savant” for the Daily Source Code. Adam has been intrigued by my advocacy of nuclear plants safe enough to be surrounded by people – he called the show Backyard Nukes and posted it on May 2, 2007.

It was a blast to participate in the show and try to share some nuclear knowledge in a more light hearted manner than usual. It was also quite rewarding to hear a creative and accomplished entrepreneur volunteer to hook Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. up with some of the VC’s that he knows. Stay tuned for more developments along this vector. (I have been hanging around with too many aviators recently.)

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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