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Five Atomic Geek Lunch at ANS Meeting

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I am in Atlanta, GA for the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting. Though the use of Twitter, email and face to face communications, five active atomic geeks with web presences got together for lunch. We had a wide ranging conversation that only true geeks could love.

People at the table included:

John Wheeler – This Week In Nuclear

Kirk Sorensen – Energy from Thorium

Nick Touran – What is Nuclear?

Rod Adams – The Atomic Show and Atomic Insights

Jess Gehin – Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Nuclear Science and Technology Division

Note: Upon further reflection and discussion, we have decided to produce a new conversation based show at a different meal. This time we are going to try to ensure that Dan Yurman (Idaho Samizdat) will be there. We are targeting tomorrow evening for a better performance.

The Atomic Show #121 – LFTR with Kirk Sorensen and Charles Barton

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Kirk Sorensen and Charles Barton are some of the world’s most vocal advocates of the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) concept. Together, they operate Energy from Thorium, one of the richest veins of energy knowledge available on the web.

During our conversation, they provide a lot of food for thought with their detailed descriptions and historical knowledge of the concepts that back up the idea of a reactor that can dramatically increase the world’s available fission fuels and potentially reduce the amount of left over material.

During the show, we talked a bit about an article that I wrote for Atomic Insights more than a decade ago titled Light Water Breeder Reactor: Adapting a Proven System and I promised that I would insert a link to that article in the show notes.

I find myself having a bit of a challenge summarizing a conversation that lasted for nearly an hour and a half and covered a lot of ground. Please listen to the show and let me know what you think.

Additional Reading

David Walters on Daily Kos – Toward a Thorium Economy

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The Atomic Show #101 – Small nuclear power plants with Dan Yurman, Charles Barton, Kirk Sorensen

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Small nuclear power plants. Round table with Kirk Sorensen, Dan Yurman, Charles Barton, Rod Adams Show 101 is a bit longer than normal, but I think you will want to listen carefully to every word. I invited some innovative thinkers and observers of the nuclear scene to discuss small nuclear power plants and their potential […]