Video pointer – Energy-TV talks about Energy Alberta's nuclear plans

ByRod Adams

One of my loyal and informative readers pointed me to an interesting site that describes itself as follows –

Energy-TV, the first ever news magazine style program that focuses on Canada’s energy resources sector.

The site is new, and one of their first shows is a segment featuring Hank Swartout talking about using Canadian nuclear reactors to produce steam for a process called steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) which is used for producing some of the oil out of tar sands in Alberta.

Very interesting information, especially the part where Mr. Swartout described why he wished there was a smaller reactor available on the market.

There is also an interesting statement about the insurability of nuclear power – apparently there are places where Price-Anderson type arrangements do not exist, yet private insurance is readily available due to quantifiable and reasonable risks.

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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