Hans and Mary Lou Gougar return to The Atomic Show for an update on their respective PBMR related research projects. One of our show sponsors is by Entergy Nuclear. (They take no responsibility for any of the comments by the show host or the guests.) Imagine how cool it would be to work for a…
John ‘Grizz’ Deal is the CEO of Hyperion Power Generation. Rod Adams and John Deal talked about the company’s 27 MWe small nuclear heat source and plans for commercializing the technology. Hyperion Power Generation was formed in 2007 to commercialize a nuclear reactor technology first developed by Otis G. (Pete) Peterson of Los Alamos National…
Kelly Taylor, Rod Adams and Joe Montague discuss nuclear news, including PBMR’s announced EPC contract Kelly Taylor, Joe Montague and I meet to chat about PBMR, nuclear events and nuclear industry history. Hope you enjoy the show. If you want to find out more about careers in the nuclear industry, please visit nuclearenergycareers.com. Podcast: Play…
Small nuclear power plants. Round table with Kirk Sorensen, Dan Yurman, Charles Barton, Rod Adams Show 101 is a bit longer than normal, but I think you will want to listen carefully to every word. I invited some innovative thinkers and observers of the nuclear scene to discuss small nuclear power plants and their potential…
Paul Lorenzini and Jose Reyes of NuScale Power chat about their company’s 45 MWe natural circulation light water reactor. This episode sponsored by Entergy Nuclear. Imagine – a traditional utility company far sighted enough to invest advertising dollars in the Atomic Show Podcast! One of the more exciting developments in the nuclear industry is the…
Workforce development, small reactors, 2008 ANS Annual Meeting, job opportunities, industry involvement in ANS, Zion Nuclear Power Plant John Wheeler, Kelly Taylor and I talked about workforce development and John’s impressions from the American Nuclear Society Annual meeting, recently held in Anaheim, California. With regard to workforce development we chatted about the opportunities that the…
Bonne Posma wants to use heat from atomic reactors as part of a process of cleanly converting coal into a liquid hydrocarbon – either diesel fuel or jet fuel depending on the market demands. Bonne Posma is a serial entrepreneur whose latest company is called Liquid Coal, Inc.. He has developed a concept for using…
Cameron Reilly is the founder and CEO of The Podcast Network. He is visiting The Atomic Show to share some thoughts on using the new media tools to spread information about niche topics. Among nuclear advocates, it is commonly believed that “the media” is one of the reasons for the end of the first Atomic…
The great state of Texas seems to be poised to become the nuclear capital of the US based on the number of new nuclear plants that have been proposed for the state. TXU, Exelon, NRG and Amarillo Power have all proposed major new nuclear power plant projects in Texas, already the home of 4 of…
The atomic geeks chat about the new radiation warning symbol, France’s interest in selling large plants to South Africa, Japan’s new mixed oxide fuel plant and much more. Enjoy the ride! Half of Atomic Show 50 comes to you from a food court in Norfolk, VA – I am on travel this week. Shane and…
Alberta oil sands producers are taking a hard look at CANDU nuclear power plants. Alberta Canada is one of the few areas in the world where oil production has increased rather dramatically during the past 5 years. The area has a vast resource of unconventional oil in the form of oil sands, where the concentration…
Several months ago, I interviewed Ruth Sponsler, an amateur mineral collector. Ruth also runs a blog titled We Support Lee, which is named for a proposed new nuclear power station in Ruth’s home state of North Carolina, located in the southeast section of the United States. Ruth recently wrote a rather detailed post titled The…