Leftatomics blog

ByRod Adams

I was recently introduced to a very new blog titled Left Atomics. Here is how the author described his “voice” in a recent comment on Atomic Insights:

Our job at leftatomics is not to become “industry advocates’ but to stymie opposition to needed construction (and R & D) of base load nuclear projects. We do this from the point of view of the working class and unions, that for either to survive, cleaner and safer forms of energy are needed and only nuclear offers that.

There is only one entry so far on the blog, but you have to read the associated comments. Very interesting read; they should be made into posts of their own so that the indexing bots can find them more easily.

It is always good to see a new pro-nuclear blog starting. Atomic technology is not a right or left political issue – it can contribute mightily to a free enterprise system and it can add immense social value. It can empower villagers who currently have no hope of access to electricity and it can provide the power necessary to operate server farms for the most entrepreneurial new idea in media.

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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