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The Atomic Show #073-1 – Gwyneth Cravens and Rip Anderson – author and tour guide for Power to Save the World

October 30, 2007 By Rod Adams

Gwyneth Cravens, a former anti-nuclear activist is a switcher who has just published a new book titled “Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy”. The tour guide for the journey that changed her mind was Rip Anderson, a scientist with a long history in nuclear research. Part I of a two part interview.

Gwyneth Cravens is an accomplished journalist and novelist who also fought vigorously against the Shoreham nuclear power plant project on her native Long Island. Years after being involved in that successful effort to halt the use of a plant that took more than a decade to build and cost more than $6 billion dollars, she began a lengthy conversation with Rip Anderson.

Rip is a scientist with a wide range of interests including oceanography, chemistry and probabilistic risk assessment. He has worked on a number of nuclear projects during his career and he patiently answered Gwyneth’s probing questions as she became less and less sure of the basis for her opposition.

The end result of the long conversation spread over several months was an invitation on a journey of discovery – Rip volunteered to guide Gwyneth on a series of personal visits to various stages in the uranium business. She visited mines, processing facilities, storage sites, and a power plant. She also visited the competition; her book includes a description of a coal fired power plant that would fit well in Dante’s Inferno.

Please have a listen to part I of this interview and then immediately ask your podcatching client to go look for the second part. I think you will enjoy this chat – Gwyneth and Rip are fascinating people with a real story to tell.

You should be able to find Power to Save the World at your local bookstore. It is scheduled for a national release on 30 October. If your local store is not stocking it, ask them why not.

Of course, you can also order it from Amazon at Power to Save the World.

If you want to find out more about Gwyneth and her journey, visit her site at Gwyneth Cravens: The Truth About Nuclear Energy and Our Changing Climate.

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About 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. Daniel Boese says

    October 31, 2007 at 12:31 AM

    I’m not sure why, but I’ve tried downloading the MP3 from the blog post’s link a half-dozen times since it was posted, in a few different ways, and been unable to. (I’m certain it’s not a problem on my end, as I’ve managed to download several other podcasts in the meantime.)

    Thank you for your time,

    —

    Daniel Boese

  2. Daniel Boese says

    October 31, 2007 at 12:06 PM

    Whatever you did, it worked. The file downloaded nicely, and I’m about to listen to it during my evening walk. 🙂

  3. Rod Adams says

    October 31, 2007 at 4:13 PM

    Daniel:

    According to my technical folks, there were gremlins that caused an unknown problem. They have apparently been vanquished, at least temporarily.

    I hope you enjoyed the show and are looking forward to part II. It should be available sometime in the next 24 hours, as long as the gremlins do not reappear.

  4. William Olsen says

    September 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    I also have been listening to Gwyneth Craven’s Talks on The Power Point Show and it keeps shutting down midway through the talks – both show # 073-1 and #073-2.

    Cab you help??

    Thanks,

    William Olsen

  5. Rod Adams says

    September 9, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    William – I have just tested the download feature and checked the files that I downloaded. They seem to play completely.

    Are you having trouble when using the player on the site? I want to try to troubleshoot, but cannot replicate the issue that you are reporting.

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