Pro and anti nuclear activists argue in Montreal

ByRod Adams

Ronald Baily of Reason Magazine published a story on Tech Central Station titled TCS COP 11 Coverage: Nuclear Explosion at Montreal. Apparently there was quite a heated discussion during a session at the Montreal Climate Change Conference Conference of Parties.

(Note: Those last three words is where the COP comes from; the 11 means that this is the 11th gathering of world government representatives to discuss measures to reduce emissionsn of greenhouse gases.)

As described in the article, Elizabeth May, the head of the Sierra Club of Canada was described as “screeching” her opposition to even evaluating the climate benefits of nuclear fission power.

Another interesting part of the article was when the author described my friend Sama Bilbao y Leon explaining the structure of the current version of the Price-Anderson Act insurance for nuclear power plants. It is a concise statement in case any of you are interested in the digest version of a fairly complex piece of legislation.

The article concluded with a reasonable question – if the anti’s are so sure that the market has rejected nuclear power, why are they so adamant that it not be allowed to try again with new 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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