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• 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

• 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 #121 - LFTR with Kirk Sorensen and Charles Barton

  Kirk Sorensen and Charles Barton are some of the world’s most vocal advocates of the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) concept. Together, they operate Energy from Thorium, one of the richest veins of energy knowledge available on the web. During our conversation, they provide a lot of food for thought with their detailed descriptions and historical [...] Read More... Posted Jan 06 2009, 04:37 AM by TPN : Atomic Filed under: Podcast, Atomic history, Economics, thorium, Atomic Entrepreneurs, Charles Barton, high burn-up reactors, closed cycle gas turbines, tritium, fluoride, LFTR, Kirk Sorensen, nuclear fuel recycling