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• Dr. James Hansen Explaining Why Cap and Trade Will Not Work

  Dr. James Hansen is one of the world’s leading climatologists. He recently wrote a book titled “Storms of My Grandchildren” explaining the need to take effective action to reduce the potential danger of building up CO2 in the atmosphere. He is opposed to international agreements for capping and trading emissions and offsets and instead recommends [...] Read More... Posted Feb 28 2010, 04:48 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: General, Economics, Alternative energy

• The Atomic Show #150 – Presidential Announcement of Loan Guarantees, 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 [...] Read More... Posted Feb 23 2010, 04:46 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics, Alternative energy, Advanced Atomic Technologies

• The Atomic Show #140 – Margolis – Oil 150, Light Water Converters, On-Demand Power

  Robert Margolis and Rod Adams engage in a panel of two (August is a slow month for news and a tough month to find guests) discussion about the 150 year anniversary of the first oil well in America, nuclear energy development plans in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, the responsibilities of a start up [...] Read More... Posted Aug 17 2009, 04:55 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Economics, Alternative energy

• Atomic Show #139 – Dan Yurman, Charles Barton, Rod Adams discuss recent atomic envents

  It has been more than a month since the last show. Many apologies. Dan Yurman and Charles Barton agreed to help me get back into the rhythm by chatting for a while about current atomic events. We discussed a recent Moody’s special report on companies considering new nuclear power plants – not very positive, TVA nuclear [...] Read More... Posted Aug 10 2009, 07:26 PM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics, Alternative energy

• The Atomic Show #138 - Jaco Kriek, CEO PBMR Pty LTD

  Jaco Kriek has been the CEO of PBMR Pty LTD of South Africa for five years. On July 7, 2009 he spoke with me for nearly an hour about a wide range of topics. The topics we discussed included the following: History of PBMR as a stand alone company Change in technical direction Customer focused design [...] Read More... Posted Jul 08 2009, 09:28 PM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Economics, Atomic politics, PBMR, process heat, Alternative energy, pebble bed reactors, helium, SASOL, gas cooled reactors

• The Atomic Show #136 - Jack Tuohy, Executive Director, American Nuclear Society

  Jack Tuohy is the Executive Director of the American Nuclear Society. We talked about his goals for the organization, his experiences as a first responder at Three Mile Island and his desire to help nuclear professionals develop their expertise. Other topics discussed during our conversation include: TMI regulation changes as good for nuclear industry Engineers as businessmen Alternative financing... Posted Jun 22 2009, 03:06 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, ANS, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Alternative energy, TMI, American Nuclear Society, anti-nuclear movement, Sierra Club, nuclear industry

• The Atomic Show #133 - Todd Tucker, Author Atomic America

  Atomic America has a thought provoking subtitle - “How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History”. The unifying story through the book is one that most nuclear trained people know a little about - the accident at the Army’s SL-1 that took place on January 3, 1961. In Atomic [...] Read More... Posted May 27 2009, 04:49 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Alternative energy, Atomic Pioneers, SL-1, ALCO, Army Nuclear Power

• The Atomic Show #132 - Ray Squirrel Interviews (Atomic) Rod Adams

  Ray Squirrel is the screen name used by a documentary film maker who is collecting material for a film about nuclear power. You can find some of the work he has done so far at RaySquirrel’s youtube site. I am not sure how the film will come out, but I thought you might be interested [...] Read More... Posted May 16 2009, 01:03 PM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic politics, Adams Engines, wind, solar, atomic, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Alternative energy, natural gas, TMI, Chernobyl, Atomic engines, Adams Atomic Engines

• The Atomic Show #131 - View from the Left on Atomic Energy

  David Walters from Left Atomics and Daily Kos joins Rod Adams for a discussion about atomic energy from a far left point of view. It is well known that much of the opposition to nuclear power in the US, Europe, and Australia comes from people who are normally considered to be on the political left. [...] Read More... Posted Apr 14 2009, 05:23 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Economics, Atomic politics, Alternative energy, liberal view of nuclear power, Al Gore Sr., nuclear renaissance, left atomics, public power

• The Atomic Show #130 - Better Uses for Fissile Material

  Kirk Sorensen, Charles Barton and Rod Adams got together for a long distance conversation inspired by President Obama’s speech about his commitment to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles. That action will free up valuable material useful for many power plant applications. It is important to understand - the president’s call is for a world free from nuclear [...] Read More... Posted Apr 06 2009, 09:51 PM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics, small reactors, Alternative energy, LFTR, fissile material, pebble bed reactors

• The Atomic Show #129 - Atomic Gas Turbines

  On March 30, 2009, I had the privilege of presenting a talk at my alma mater on the topic of nuclear heated Brayton cycle machines - also known as atomic gas turbines or Adams EnginesTM. This episode of The Atomic Show is my first attempt at an enhanced podcast using chapter markers and trying to add [...] Read More... Posted Apr 01 2009, 04:38 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Adams Engines, PBMR, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Alternative energy, Atomic gas turbines, N2 coolant, HTR-10, inherently safe, high temperature gas reactors

• The Atomic Show #125 - Economic Interests in Environmental Politics

  It not shocking news to discover that “recovering” politicians often lobby their former colleagues. This show about Gore’s testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is just an example. This week I spent a several hours listening to the first hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of the current congressional session. Former Vice President Al [...] Read More..... Posted Jan 31 2009, 09:56 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics, nuclear, Alternative energy, nuclear fuel recycling, atomic energy, Isakson, Corker, Gore, Kerry, Ausra

• The Atomic Show #122 - Steven Chu - Confirmation Hearings for Secretary of Energy

  Steven Chu is a well respected scientist, national laboratory manager and biofuels focused researcher. He has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be the Secretary of Energy, a position that puts him in charge of approximately 30,000 people and an annual budget of approximately $25 billion. As Dr. Chu stated in his testimony, the [...] Read More... Posted Jan 18 2009, 10:23 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics, nuclear, Alternative energy, recycling, nuclear fuel recycling, clean coal, Carter energy policies, Chu, reprocessing

• The Atomic Show #120 - Goodman, Revkin, McKibben - Commenting on Obama Energy Team

  Rod Adams commentary interspersed with Amy Goodman’s interview of Andrew Revkin and Bill McKibben about Obama energy team on Dec 16, 2008. (MP3 - 13.7 MB - 00:29:45 M) [audio:http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_atomic_20081220_120.mp3] Listen to Atomic Show #120 Here! (Right click to download the show.) As a progressive thinker who cares deeply about human suffering and looks for ways... Posted Dec 24 2008, 04:30 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, Atomic politics, Alternative energy, McKibben, Steven Chu, Goodman, Revkin, coal

• The Atomic Show #118 - Steve Kirsch, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Converted Fan of Integral Fast Reactor (IFR)

  Two years ago, Steve Kirsch, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist, was sure that the US did not need nuclear power. Now he thinks it can save the planet. Find out what changed his mind. (MP3 - 10.2 MB - 00:29:22 M) Listen to Atomic Show #118 Here! (Right click to download the show.) More and [...] Read More... Posted Dec 10 2008, 06:00 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, Atomic politics, Alternative energy