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Archive for April, 2006

The Atomic Show #013 (MP3 – 12.5MB – 37min)

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

(MP3 – 12.5MB – 37min)
[audio:http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_atomic_20060425_013.mp3]
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At 0123 local Ukrainian time on 26 April 1986, an alarm sounded at the Chernobyl nuclear power station marking the beginning of an accident that has had a lasting effect on the world. Today is the 20th anniversary of that event.
Shane and Rod review the [...]

The Atomic Show #012

Monday, April 24th, 2006

(MP3 – 12.6MB – 37min)
[audio:http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_atomic_20060422_012.mp3]
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Shane and Rod take a trip into atomic fission history as they discuss the events and people leading up to the initial discovery that uranium nuclei could be broken, releasing vast quantities of energy. In just a few short years, a small number of physicists [...]

President Kalam of India calls for huge nuclear power program

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the President of India wants his government to back a plan to increase its nuclear power generating capacity from 2700 MW to 50,000 MW by the year 2030. He also called for an increased focus on the use of thorium since India owns about 30% of the world’s know supplies of [...]

Atomic Rod joins Cam and Rich on G’World #108

Friday, April 14th, 2006

The Good Friday episode of G’World includes a discussion about the implications of Apple’s Boot Camp.
I joined Cameron Reilly and Richard Giles for the great debate – Cam decided that he could handle talking to two Mac guys as he wonders whether or not this development would finally give him the motivation to try own [...]