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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  1. The bike the Natgas horse is riding needs to be renamed to reflect the package of free ride advantages fossil fuels recieve, like “uncosted externalities”, or something more creative than that.

  2. Finrod – I have thought about that. I also thought about asking the artist to give the natural gas contestant a large head start and to put a manure bag on the back of the “clear nuke” horse. One of the reasons for posting is to obtain feedback and suggestions and then go back for another version.

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