Nuclear Energy Bloggers and Other Interested People Will be Meeting In DC on November 17

ByRod Adams

Dan Yurman at Idaho Samizdat has led the charge in organizing a blogger meetup during the upcoming American Nuclear Society Winter meeting. The meetup will take place in the Capitol Room between 6:30-8:30 pm on November 17, 2009 at the OMNI Shoreham Hotel on Calvert St NW. Areva will be providing refreshments. If you are attending the ANS meeting or are just in the area, please make plans to attend – Dan has published his contact information so you can let him know that you are coming.

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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