Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital Blog discusses small reactors

ByRod Adams

One of my favorite readers – you know who you are – let me know that the Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital Blog is talking about small reactors today. You can find the article at Proliferate! Are Many Small Nuclear Plants the Energy Answer?.

They are not the only ones mentioning this idea in the recent weeks – check out Robert Bryce’s July 16, 2008 column in Energy Tribune titled Nukes Go Small.

BTW – I am a big fan of both articles – they each quote a modest, hard-working source who seems to understand the concept the economy of series production.

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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