Free Idaho blog repots on nuclear interest in Idaho by a company owned by Warren Buffett

ByRod Adams

BillH over on freeinidaho.com posted a very interesting comment about recent interest by MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., a subsidiary of the Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. in some land in Idaho. The holding company has electricity distribution companies in neighboring states and certainly has the financial resources for building nuclear power plants. Go read the article now at Opportunity Knocks, Again.

I have written about Mr. Buffett’s interest in energy production – particularly nuclear energy production – before. It is interesting to see how that interest is developing.

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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