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Nuclear Power for Everyone!

November 9, 2006 By Rod Adams

Yesterday I stumbled across a great headline from an unusual source Nuclear Power for Everyone!. (The stumbling occurred via one of my usual methods – the link to the story was delivered to me by my daily Google alert which searches news sources on the web for “new nuclear power plants”.)

The fact that I thought the headline was from an unusual source is that it appeared on a blog titled ArmsControlWonk.com. In my experience in the business of promoting nuclear power I have always thought of the arms control community as part of the problem. It has always seemed to me that they care so much about restricting the spread of nuclear weapons that they try to bind up all nuclear material in ways that it cannot be used for either weapons or economical power.

I think that philosophy borders on evil paternalism; the potential benefits of nuclear power are huge, and the fact is that nuclear weapons exist already in large quantities. Encouraging “have-not” countries to give up those benefits for a goal that is probably not reachable – preventing the spread of all weapons-useful aspects of the technology – seems to be a very short-sighted and selfish policy.

However, once I arrived at ArmsControlWonk.com I realized that there is an opportunity to engage with that community in a completely new way. First of all, the blog is beautifully designed and has one of the best commenting mechanisms (with previews of the HTML results) that I have ever run across.
(I am waiting, however, for my first comment to be approved. I presume it will, but one of the hazards of a moderated site is that the time delays for editors can be significant.)

The operators of the site seem to be reasonable people and have a good dialog going. Check it out; perhaps we can help to make it a great dialog.

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About Rod Adams

Rod Adams is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience, now serving as a Managing Partner at Nucleation Capital, an emerging climate-focused fund. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial discussion and analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology and policies for several decades. He is the founder of Atomic Insights and host and producer of The Atomic Show Podcast.

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