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• 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 #149 – Pro-Nuclear Bloggers Reaction to SOTU

  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 [...] Read More... Posted Feb 01 2010, 03:12 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics

• The Atomic Show #146 – South Korean Nuclear Technology Development

  The United Arab Emirates has recently selected a consortium that includes Korea Electric Power Corp., Westinghouse Electric, Hyundai Engineering and Construction, Samsung C&T Corp and Doosan Heavy Industries to supply it with 5.6 gigawatts of electrical power capacity. The order includes four APR-1400 nuclear reactor power plants and all associated secondary equipment. I made contact with [..... Posted Dec 30 2009, 04:46 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics, Advanced Atomic Technologies

• The Atomic Show #144 – Lisa Stiles, Margaret Harding, John Wheeler, Dan Yurman – ANS Winter MTG

  On November 22, 2009, flush with good feelings about the recent American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting, I invited four others who attended the meeting to get together for a conference call to talk about what we heard and learned. The show is a bit longer than average, but it is worth every minute! Lisa [...] Read More... Posted Nov 23 2009, 05:00 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics

• The Atomic Show #143 – Thorium Energy Conference Described by John Kutsch

  John Kutsch is one of the key organizers for the Thorium Energy Alliance and is heading up preparations for the organization’s first face to face meeting in Washington on October 19 and 20. During our conversation we talked about the technology opportunity that brings the group together. They have a vision for a world with [...] Read More... Posted Sep 26 2009, 06:02 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic politics, Atomic Entrepreneurs

• 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 #135 - Tom Sanders - President, American Nuclear Society

  Tom Sanders took office as the President of the American Nuclear Society on June 18, 2009. Rod Adams spoke with him on the day before. Tom explained his goals for the year, the importance of nuclear technology to national security and the enthusiasm that he has for “right-sized” reactors. Read More... Posted Jun 20 2009, 07:23 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Atomic politics, ANS, right-sized reactors, American Nuclear Society, modular reactors, nuclear technology

• The Atomic Show #134 - Five Atomic Geek Lunch at ANS Meeting

  I am in Atlanta, GA for the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting. Though the use of Twitter, email and face to face communications, five active atomic geeks with web presences got together for lunch. I put a recording device on the table in plain sight with the red light on. We were having so much [...] Read More... Posted Jun 15 2009, 07:14 PM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Atomic politics, ANS, thorium, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Kirk Sorensen, John Wheeler

• 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 #128 - Celebrating 30 Years

  As most people who keep up with nuclear trivia know, March 28, 1979 was a bad day for the industry. As a result of a series of mechanical and operational issues, the reactor at Three Mile Island experienced a loss of coolant accident through a stuck open relief valve. When all was said and done, [...] Read More... Posted Mar 29 2009, 12:35 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Atomic politics, TMI, accident, Wasserman

• The Atomic Show #127 - New Nuclear Plant Public Meetings

  On February 3, 2009, I attended a public meeting regarding the future construction of North Anna Unit 3. Several of the people who attended that meeting gathered via Skype last night to share notes. I will add some more notes to this post later today, but now it is time to get ready for my day [...] Read More... Posted Feb 09 2009, 05:10 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, Atomic politics, pro-nuclear activism, nuclear plant public meetings, new nuclear plants

• The Atomic Show #126 - Wasserman v Moore moderated by Goodman and Adams

  On Thursday February 5, 2009, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! moderated a brief debate about nuclear power between Harvey Wasserman and Patrick Moore. The forcing function for holding the debate on that date was the fact that the Senate has included an additional authorization for $50 billion in loan guarantees for clean energy as part of [...] Read More... Posted Feb 07 2009, 09:56 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, Economics, Atomic politics, used nuclear fuel, nuclear fuel recycling, stimulus package, loan guarantees, Harvey Wasserman, Patrick Moore