In 1991, I took a cruise with my wife and noticed just how much smoke was pouring out of the stack over our head as we were sitting on deck. At the time, I had just completed a three year assignment as the Engineer Officer of the USS Von Steuben, a powerful ship with an engine so clean it could operate while we were submerged. In addition to producing no emissions, the Von S ran for about 14 years without refueling. I want to share the image that the cruise inspired.
I hope that people like Bill Messina get a chance to meet and get to know some of the amazing professionals that I have worked with in my years associated with nuclear power technologies. His view of humanity might be significantly changed by the experience.
Best regards, Rod Adams Founder, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. Publisher, Atomic Insights Host and producer, The Atomic Show Podcast
My comment will make more sense if I quote part of Bill Messina’s comment:
• How would you overcome the malingering and incompetence of workers who neglect important safety routines?
• How do you ensure that managers do not sacrifice safety to the bottom line? … [T]he managers at Indian Point have resisted shutting down the facility for repair, citing economic reasons, which puts the metropolitan area of New York at risk of a Three Mile Island incident.
• How do you insure that government regulators do not compromise the safety of citizens for political reasons? … I read an article 25 years after Three Mile Island where a government safety inspector said he pleaded with his superior to let people know of the danger. He was rebuffed.”
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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