Call for translation assistance

ByRod Adams

I have a Google Alert set to inform me whenever there is a news article that includes the string PBMR – which is a unique string that means someone is talking about Pebble Bed Modular Reactors. For the last couple of days, I have been frustrated by the fact that all of the articles returned to me in that daily search have been written in a language that I cannot understand.

Here are the links. If you know a good translation service or can simply read the articles and send me a summary, I would be grateful.

装备制造业名词：PBMR – Chinese

España es una “isla” dentro del ámbito internacional energético – Spanish

Incidenti nucleari (alcuni poco noti) – Italian

José María Fidalgo y Cándido Méndez visitan las instalaciones de … – Spanish

I am itching to find out what the world is saying about the PBMR. If I find something out, I will share it with you all.

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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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