Archive for April, 2007

The Atomic Show #057 - Boiling Water Reactors

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Shane and Rod discuss boiling water reactors, one of the two types of established light water reactors.
(MP3 - 15.3 MB - 44:11 M)

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There are two main types of light water reactors, pressurized water reactors (PWR) and boiling water reactors (BWR). They share some characteristics, but also have a number […]

Nobody’s Fuel - A “must have” DVD if you are serious about energy

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

I have been seriously outdone. Compared to the production value and message available at nobodysfuel.com, my talk at Google was a boring lecture. I swear that I had no idea this film existed when I prepared my talk - though you might notice some startlingly similar topics and thoughts.
Go and see the trailer at […]

Fission is the New Fire

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

In case you are interested, here is the link to the talk that I gave at the Googleplex on April 16, 2007 - Fission is the New Fire.

The Atomic Show #056 - Visiting tech mecca, powered competition (nuclear versus coal)

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Talking about nuclear fission power from California
(MP3 - 18.2 MB - 52:46 M)

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Shane and I talked about my Google Tech Talk titled “Fission is the new Fire”, the power of competition and human interests, the difference in atomic success between the US and France (emphasizing the fact that the […]

The Atomic Show #055 - Texas - next nuclear capital of US?

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

The great state of Texas seems to be poised to become the nuclear capital of the US based on the number of new nuclear plants that have been proposed for the state.
(MP3 - 16.4 MB - 47:33 M)

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TXU, Exelon, NRG and Amarillo Power have all proposed major new nuclear […]

The Atomic Show #054 - Russian - Canadian nuclear cooperation

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Shane and I jumped around a bit, but spent most of the time on Russian interest in nuclear power
(MP3 - 17 MB - 49:20 M)

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The Russians are very traveling the world marketing their nuclear power plants and services. They have been in South Africa and Canada recently looking for […]