EDF Energy Interested in Architectural Design

ByRod Adams September 20, 2008July 21, 2020

World Nuclear News has published a brief article with the following thought-provoking quote

“EDF Energy said: “One element we will be consulting on as we develop our plans is the visual impact the plants will have.”

I think it is fantastic news – perhaps there will be even more people interested in having a nuclear plant in their hometown if they are constructed with more thoughtful design considerations. Perhaps the architects will be able to convince the utilities that exposed substations are not very attractive and that conventional draft cooling towers remind people of mushroom clouds.

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.

More information about the INIE – Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education

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SCC’s Elizabeth May threatens to raise "holy hell"

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