Entertaining and Informative Look Back On Energy Development Decisions Since 1973

ByRod Adams

Llewellyn King, founder of “Energy Daily” is one of the more knowledgeable and entertaining commentators on energy issues. He recently sat down with Margaret Ryan of Clean Skies News to talk about some of his observations of American energy policies and investments during the years since the Nixon Administration. He has interesting comments on natural gas, nuclear fusion and nuclear energy and is an enthusiastic proponent of electrification, particularly for transportation applications.

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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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