Orlando Sentinel's Mike Thomas says bring on the nukes

ByRod Adams

The Orlando (Florida) Sentinel published a column on October 11, 2005 titled “Fossil-fuel bite real; nuclear fears are fables”. Loved it!

Mr. Thomas claims to be a radical environmentalist and devotes a good bit of space in this column explaining the significant environmental hazards of fossil – especially coal – fuel energy production. He then describes his growing recognition that the Three Mile Island incident is actually a ringing endorsement of the safety features of nuclear power plants.

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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