On March 29, I joined Cameron Reilly and Richard Giles on the G’Day World! podcast #102 to chat a bit about energy, technology and world politics. Check it out!

Listen to Atomic #009 Here!
Shane and Rod talk about a new nuclear research project that has been designated at HT3R - pronounced “heater”. It is a 10-25 MW thermal reactor with a closed cycle helium turbine. The project is a partnership between General Atomics, the University of Texas Permian Basin, and Thorium Power. The […]

Listen to Atomic #008 Here!
This is a special edition of The Atomic Show.
In November, 2005, I attended the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting in Washington, DC. While there, I recorded an interview with Kelly Taylor, an active member of a group called North American Young Generation in Nuclear.
Kelly has been in the nuclear industry […]

Listen to Atomic #007 Here!
Shane and Rod talk about some announcements related to new nuclear power plant construction in the US, South Korea, and Bulgaria.
We also move off topic on occasion and touch on the following subjects:

The Dupic process of recycling nuclear fuel from a pressurized water reactor into a CANDU reactor
Recycling fruit waste […]

Listen to Atomic #006 Here!  
Shane and Rod provide a different take on a current debate regarding the use of enriched uranium. There is a notion among a certain kind of politically educated person that the only valid use of enriched uranium is to produce weapons that can be used to assure mutual destruction. Rod […]

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Shane and I chat about types of radiation, ways to measure radiation, normal background levels of radiation, the health effects of low level radiation, and the variation in normal background radiation around the world.
We talk about tritium exit lights, radium dial watches, cloud chambers, and geiger counters. Have a listen and […]

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Shane and I discuss Peak Oil and the ways that nuclear power can help to alleviate the problems that will result if oil production rate peaks without a more capable alternative available. We specifically mention the work of Kenneth Deffeyes, the author of Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert’s Peak.
In addition, […]

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Shane and Rod talk about nuclear fuel recycling and ways to reduce the amount of waste that nuclear reactors produce. We also talk about the fact that there are rare materials with unique physical properties locked inside the fuel assemblies that have been removed from nuclear fission reactors. With a proper […]

The Atomic Show #002 (MP3 - 11.9MB - 35min)
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Shane explains how he learned how to scuba dive in New Mexico.
Shane and Rod talk about biodiesel, alcohol fuel, Fischer-Trospch synthetic fuels, government subsidies for ethanol, using nuclear heat in synthetic fuels processing and some of the reasons for success for the anti-nuclear […]

The Atomic Show #001 (MP3 - 5.6MB - 16min)
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In this episode, Rod Adams and Shane Brown introduce themselves and their show concept. As a couple of self-proclaimed atomic geeks, they care deeply about sharing their knowledge with each other and the world of interested people.
Shane is a computer programmer who earned […]