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The Atomic Show #162 – New Year Chat With Pro-Nuclear Bloggers

ByRod Adams

A group of pro-nuclear bloggers discusses industry events from 2010 and predictions for 2011.

It has been far too long since the last episode of The Atomic Show. Life got in the way with a career transition and a move to a new home.

However, there is always a bit of motivation to use the turning of a calendar as the stimulus for long deferred activity. I sent out some invites and got immediate positive responses from some of my pro-nuclear blogging colleagues. We got together for a lengthy conversation about loan guarantees, financial challenges, competition from natural gas, the uncontrollable nature of wind and solar energy, the underlying motives of the smart grid sales pitches, and some predictions for the future. I hope you enjoy the show.

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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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