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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 #145 – NGNP Fuel Testing Success

  On December 4, 2009, I spoke with Dr. Madeline Feltus, the Department of Energy technical program manager assigned the responsibility of coordinating the efforts of a team of scientists and engineers working on the refinement and testing of TRISO fuel particles for high temperature gas cooled reactors. During the interview, Dr. Feltus mentioned a few web [...] Read More... Posted Dec 06 2009, 05:41 AM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, 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

• 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

• Atomic Show #137 - Michael Kurzeja - President - North American Young Generations in Nuclear

  Michael Kurzeja is the President of North American Young Generation in Nuclear - NA-YGN. He is a dynamic leader, an excellent emissary and an excited professional who loves what he does. He also respects and enjoys the people he works with and is developing some long term professional friendships during the long hours that he [...] Read More... Posted Jun 25 2009, 09:01 PM by TPN : The Atomic Show Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Economics, Atomic ships, new nuclear plants, nuclear renaissance, NA-YGN, nuclear operating performance, nuclear career opportunities

• 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 #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 #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