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• The Atomic Show #150 - Discussing Nuclear Loan Guarantees and Small Reactors

  On Sunday, February 21, I gathered a group of well experienced nuclear professionals to talk about the impact of President Obama's February 16, 2010 speech announcing loan guarantees for Southern Company to build two additional units at its Vogtle Nuclear Station. Margaret Harding, Kelly Taylor, John Wheeler from This Week in Nuclear , Dan Yurman from Idaho Samizdat and I talked for about an hour... Posted Feb 23 2010, 04:57 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Atomic Show, loan guarantee program

• Atomic Show #149 - Pro Nuclear Bloggers Reaction to SOTU Address

  During the 2010 State of the Union Address, President Obama took the handcuffs off of the nuclear industry revival when he said: But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. On January 31, 2010, I gathered a large group of active bloggers and nuclear... Posted Feb 01 2010, 03:31 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Atomic Show, Vermont Yankee, SOTU

• Atomic Show #148 - Hyperion Power Module Update with VP of Engineering and Chief of Staff

  I spoke yesterday evening with Forrest Rudin and TJ Trapp of Hyperion Power Generation. TJ is Hyperion's Vice President of Engineering, Forrest is the Chief of Staff. You can listen to our conversation at Atomic Show #148 - Hyperion Power Module Update . We were able to delve into some significant detail about the current state of the system design including the coolant choice, the fuel material... Posted Jan 22 2010, 02:56 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Atomic Show, Hyperion Power Generation, Hyperion Power Module, HPM

• The Atomic Show #147 - Ignalina, South Korea, Puerto Rico and other nuclear topics

  John Wheeler, the host of This Week in Nuclear and I got together for a chat about a variety of nuclear topics. We talked about John's recent trip to the western end of Puerto Rico, where he surfed near the dome of an experimental reactor called BONUS (Boiling Water Superheated) . We talked about the effects on Lithuania of shutting down the Ignalina Nuclear Plant, the focused effort of South Korea... Posted Jan 17 2010, 08:39 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Atomic Show

• Atomic Show 82 - Jill Buck - Founder of Go Green Initiative

  Jill Buck is the mother of 3, a former Naval Officer, a conservationist and the founder of the Go Green Initiative . She is also a strong supporter of the need to build new nuclear power plants. I interviewed her for Atomic Show 082 and found her to be a very articulate and passionate source of inspiring information. Go listen to the show. Go visit her organization's web site. Heck, visit the organization's... Posted Feb 14 2008, 04:32 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Atomic Show

• Atomic Show 81 - More than 100 years of nuclear experience on a phone call

  On Sunday, February 10, I got together with four of my favorite nuclear industry correspondents for a chat about the current state of affairs in the electric power industry. The discussion available for your listening pleasure under the title of Atomic Show #081 - Five friendly atomic geeks . The guests on the show included: John Wheeler - host of This Week in Nuclear Podcast Kirk Sorensen - publisher... Posted Feb 12 2008, 01:22 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Atomic Show